How Fast Is Your Internet Connection?

Because many of you enjoy some of the free tools I've shared in
the past, here's another one: A neat graphical tool that will
show you how fast your Internet connection speed really
is and compare it with other services.

It will also rate your connection for:Download: The
speed at which your Internet connection downloads data to your
PC from the Internet. Upload: The speed at which your
Internet connection uploads data from your PC out to the
Internet. Quality of Service: The level of consistent
download capacity provided by your Internet Service Provider
(ISP). Round Trip Time: The total time in
milliseconds (ms) to send a small data packet and obtain a reply
back. Max Pause: The longest pause recorded during
the data download.

 InternetFrog.com 

 Dr. Mercola's Comment:Before you know it most of us are going
to be in the top range of the speeds this little tool can
measure. Radical breakthroughs in wireless Internet technology,
such as WiMax, are soon going to take the lid off of Internet
speeds.

The keyto WiMaxis that it can transmit up to 30 miles. The
greater range and higher bandwidth gives service providers the
ability to offer broadband Internet access directly to homes,
without having to worry about the problems that can arise when
laying down a physical connection over the so-called last mile,
which connects homes with service providers' main networks.

This will virtually eliminate the need for wired Internet and
will radically lower prices. 

Itwill also result inyet another radical revolution for the
Internet. Many still do not have access to broadband
(high-speed) Internet. It hasn't been available for very long at
all in the neighborhood that I live in, because the cable lines
that would support took so long to run. For a service provider
to provide broadband, it costs them about $400 in just getting
the truck out there and doing the installation. 

WiMax would eliminate that, because with WiMax the ISP would
be able to broadcast the broadband capabilities and eliminate
the last mile of cable to the consumer's door. This should
radically lower the cost of the service by creating far more
competitive options. 

WhenWiMax takes off,you will see a revolution in how we use
the Internet. I guarantee it.