

Ookla’s mission is to help make the internet better, faster and more accessible for everyone. Read more about the Speedtest Server Network and how Speedtest is uniquely able to measure high-speed connections including 5G. There are Speedtest servers in virtually every country and major population center worldwide. Every day, millions of people use Speedtest®, our flagship product, to better understand the performance and quality of their internet connections because it is the most reliable tool for measuring internet performance and providing network diagnostics.Įach test taken with Speedtest uses the Speedtest Server Network™, a global network of high-performance servers, ready to test the maximum sustained throughput of the user’s connection (download and upload speeds) and to report back on key network health metrics. Contact your router manufacturer or internet service provider if your ping is higher than average.Īdditionally, Ookla’s maps, which let you check wireless carriers’ coverage in areas around you are now available on iOS and iPadOS after being limited to the Android app.įollow the links to download Ookla’s Speedest app on Android and iOS.At Ookla® we care deeply about providing data and analyses that are meaningful, accurate and statistically sound so that consumers and businesses can trust the information they’re receiving. Anything above 100ms is considered high ping, whereas anywhere between 50 to 100 is considered average. You simply initiate a speed test and check you ping, as seen in the screenshot above. The app works the same way that it used to.

An example of how this works in online gaming is when you ask your character to move - if your character moves almost immediately, you have a low latency, if there is a delay in your character completing that movement, you might have a high latency,” reads Ookla’s blog.Īccording to Ookla, it is hard to distinguish between a slow internet connection and high latency, and because of this, it updated Android and iOS apps now measure loaded latency by measuring ping during three stages:
