Download
How quickly data reaches you, in megabits per second. It decides how fast pages, videos and files arrive.
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- Download
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Takes about 20 seconds and uses roughly 50–150 MB of data, depending on your speed.
Download–Mbps
Upload–Mbps
Latency–ms
Jitter–ms
The test runs in your browser against Cloudflare's public speed-test network, using the Cloudflare location nearest to you. Nothing is installed and vpsNserver doesn't store your results.
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IP address lookupYour public IP, ISP and locationPing testLatency to 26 world citiesThe four numbers, in plain terms
A connection isn't fast or slow in one way. These four measurements describe different parts of the experience.
Upload
How quickly you can send data out. It matters for video calls, cloud backups and pushing a website to its server.
Latency
The round-trip time for a tiny message, in milliseconds. Low latency makes everything feel responsive, whatever your bandwidth.
Jitter
How much latency wobbles from one moment to the next. High jitter is what makes calls stutter and games rubber-band.
How much speed is enough?
Rough figures per activity. Add them up for everyone sharing the connection at busy times.
| Activity | Comfortable speed | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Email and browsing | 1–5 Mbps | Latency matters more than bandwidth here. |
| HD video call | About 2–4 Mbps each way | Upload counts as much as download; jitter under 30 ms keeps it smooth. |
| HD streaming | 5–8 Mbps per stream | Multiply by the number of people watching at once. |
| 4K streaming | 15–25 Mbps per stream | Needs steady speed rather than short bursts. |
| Large uploads and backups | As much upload as you can get | A 10 GB backup takes about 15 minutes at 100 Mbps, and over two hours at 10 Mbps. |
Why two tests rarely match
Speed is a snapshot. These are the usual reasons it moves between runs.
Wi-Fi and distance from the router
Walls, distance and neighbouring networks can halve wireless speed. Plug in a cable to see what the line itself delivers.
Other people and devices
Streaming, updates and backups on other devices share the same connection and take their slice during the test.
Time of day
Evenings are peak hours for home broadband. A test at 9 pm and another at 9 am can tell different stories.
VPNs and security software
A VPN adds its own server and encryption to every packet, and some security tools inspect traffic as it passes. Both can trim the result.
Your speed and your server's speed are different things
This test measures the line between you and the internet. A hosted website lives on a different line entirely: the server's network port in its data center. That port decides how fast the site serves every visitor at once, whatever their own connection is like.
Your own upload speed still matters when you run a server. It sets how long it takes to push a site, restore a backup or migrate files to a new machine. The network speed of each vpsNserver plan is listed in the plan tables on every location page.
Compare plans by location- Your lineDownload and upload to you
- Server portShared by all your visitors
- LatencySet mostly by distance between the two
FAQ
Common questions
Why is my result lower than my plan's speed?
Providers sell an 'up to' speed measured at their end of the line. Wi-Fi, other devices, the time of day and the route to the test server all take a share before the data reaches your browser.
What's the difference between Mbps and MB/s?
Speeds are measured in megabits per second (Mbps); file sizes use megabytes (MB). There are 8 bits in a byte, so 100 Mbps moves about 12.5 MB every second.
Why is my upload so much slower than my download?
Most home broadband is asymmetric: the line is built to bring data in faster than it sends it out. Fibre plans often offer matching speeds, cable and DSL usually don't.
How much data does the test use?
Roughly 50 to 150 MB per run. Faster connections get larger test files so the measurement lasts long enough to be accurate.
Is the test safe and private?
The test only downloads and uploads blocks of random data. It runs on Cloudflare's network from your browser, nothing is installed, and vpsNserver doesn't keep the results.
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