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What you should know before getting a new Internet Connection

Internet connection has evolved as a basic necessity for all the geeks and everyone wants their Internet connection to be the best they can get with the minimal cost possible. We want our Internet connection to offer us the performance we deserve for which we pay. But, this is not happening as some of the big MNC’s are making a big fool out of the potential consumers. Today, we present you some basic and advance tips to check whether it is worth buying that new internet connection or not. What you should know before getting a new Internet Connection ?

Basics :

1. Internet Service Provider

Firstly, you need to short list the service providers available in your area, native ISP usually offer higher speed at low costs than ISP with big names. Some service providers conjointly provide High speed Peer to Peer downloading service that helps Torrent downloading speed upto 100Mbps i.e. 8MBps at an ideal state. ISP with big names usually do not offer these options.

2. Connection Test

This is a test that you must do on your new web connection.

How to perform this test?

First open speedtest.net in your browser and click on “Begin test” button to start your test.

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When the test is finished successfully, you will notice 3 major columns :

  1. Ping – Try to get this as low as possible for a better internet experience.
  2. Download Speed – It displays the rate at which any file is being downloaded on our devices. Higher it is, better is the connection.
  3. Upload Speed – It shows the upload speed which mainly comes into play while uploading pictures, forms, etc. on websites.

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Advanced Points for Geeks :

If you wish to envision your web connection quality simply visit Pingtest.net.

1. Low Ping

Ping/Latency tells the round-trip time for messages sent through the originating host to a destination computer. It plays a vital role in Video Conferencing, online multiplayer gaming and VoIP. 150ms ping is termed as an optimal ping on a traditional broadband because the time required by the brain to respond is 150ms, although having close to 200ms is not an issue, however having higher than 250ms isn’t counseled for multiplayer gaming and VoIP.

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2. Upload Speed

Uploading speed is also a matter of concern because some ISP do not provide sensible uploading speed as compared to their respective downloading speed. Having low uploading speed affects the internet performance.

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3. Jitters

Jitter is the variation in latency measured with the variability over time of the packet latency across a network; in simple language it is the jerk experienced by the Internet connection. A network with constant latency has no variation (or jitter). Packet jitter is expressed as a mean of deviation from the network mean latency.

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4. Packet Loss

Packet Loss is the percentage of data “packets” sent to a server that never arrives. Anything above 0% should be a matter of concern since it could result in poor quality VoIP and stuttering in online games.

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