The Global Broadband Speed Test (Online)

Speedtest.net is a broadband connection analysis tool with a huge selection of geographically dispersed testing servers. Ookla provides this service free to hundreds of thousands of people every day. If you are experiencing slowness with your Internet connection or are simply interested in testing your speed, Speedtest.net is for you. If you have a web site, please feel free to link to Speedtest.net.

Speedtest.net measures the performance of your broadband connection. At the end of each test, you are presented with the download (the speed of data from the server to your computer) and upload (the speed of sending data from your computer to the server) bandwidth speeds. The tests are performed completely within your web browser over HTTP (just like normal web browsing). If you experience any problems using Speedtest.net, please visit our Questions & Answers section for help.

The technology behind Speedtest.net is identical to that of the Ookla Speed Test which is provided to a wide variety of companies and organizations on a licensed basis. Collectively, the application is used over eight million times each month by millions of individuals worldwide. If you would like to have a Speed Test to install and run on your server, please visit our licensing site. We have a variety of options from basic to highly customized.

At Ookla we are focused on building and operating cross-platform web applications that are reliable, accurate, scalable and matched with an attractive and useful user-interface. We are currently working on additional connection diagnostic tools for specialized applications such as VoIP and future network environments where the individual may have multiple wired and wireless connections to a variety of devices. Learn more here.

Results Includes:

* Download & upload kb/s

* ISP name

* Server name

* Ping

* Distance

* Latency

URL: http://www.speedtest.net

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Microsoft Image Resizer PowerToy - Freeware

Large images can take a long time to upload. A solution to this is to resize your files to a more reasonable size before uploading.



The maximum size Photoblog currently stores your photographs in is 760 pixels in width, and the resizing is done after the file is uploaded.

However, if you resize your photographs to 760 pixels in width before uploading, you can save yourself a lot of time while seeing the same results.

There are obviously many ways to resize your photographs, and most people might use an image editing program. However, Microsoft has a little PowerToy for Windows XP users that can help you automatically resize batch photographs with just a couple clicks.

Install this PowerToy from Image Resizer Powertoy Setup and you will see an extra "resize pictures" option when you right-click your picture files. Choose this option, set the new size, and click Ok. This does not overwrite your original files, but instead you can have them save to new filenames.

* This tip can help you make presentations with pictures smaller (resize the pictures with this tool and add them to the powerpoint presentation).

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