What is a Bandwidth Meter?
Between content-laden surfing, streaming multimedia and uploading/downloading of larger and larger files, speedy online Internet service is the call of the day. As most netizens know, high-speed Internet access through digital subscriber line (DSL), cable or fiber optic services (FiOS), offer varying packages based on speed. In general, if you want a faster online experience, you have to pay more money. But how fast is your computer’s true connection speed? A bandwidth meter will give you the answer, allowing you to compare your speed and your Internet Service Provider’s (ISP’s) performance against others. Bandwidth can be likened to a highway, with data being the traffic traveling down that highway. A narrow two-lane highway allows less traffic to flow, while a wider highway with multiple lanes in each direction can accommodate more traffic. If you are driving down a narrow highway and there is too much traffic, you might end up slowing to a crawl until you get through the bottleneck.
