Test Internet Speed

The resources provided to you by your Canadian Internet Service provider (ISP) are useful you should not just use their Internet Speed Test websites. In some situations you would be seeing optimal performance because of the network set up.

There are several well known and very accurate websites that you can use to test your internet connection speed.

Some of these services allow you to pick a location from a map. Its best to try out two different locations but you should expect slower speeds if you pick a server located on the other side of the world. It would best to pick one located close to you and maybe another one located across the country.

Note you might want to run these tests more than once and you should try them at different times of the day. Also make sure you have no other programs running when you perform these tests.

One of the best know resources for internet connection problems also provides one of the best internet speed test websites.
www.dslreports.com/speedtest

The folks over at Visualware have a great testing website because you can choose from a large map on where you want to run your test. www.myspeed.visualware.com/index.php

One of the biggest providers of Internet Speed test software is speedtest.net. They also use a map to help you pick your test server location.
www.speedtest.net

If you use these three resources along with your canadian ISP website you should be able to determine an accurate Internet Speed from the test results. Average out the results from different times of the day and compare between websites.