[gui-talk] Accessible Internet Speed Test

[George]

Hi Gerald,

My way to check net speed is as follows:

1. Open command prompt (cmd.exe).

2. Ping some website, e.g. www.yahoo.com.
To do so you just need to write the following command and press enter:
Ping www.yahoo.com

Listen to your screen reader.  It will tell you how many seconds took to 
send and receive a request.

3. Write "exit" and press enter if you want to exit the command prompt.

In my experience, I never noticed a big change in speed after the provider 
changed the speed.  That's because sites might be slow to respond or because 
the speed might fall somewhere beyond my internet provider scope.
I feel the difference only when the connection is too slow or when the cable 
from the modem to the pc is too long.  If you wish, please compare speeds 
using lan cables of 5 M and 10M; I think the connection speed might bee even 
twice higher when using a 5-M cable compared to a 10-M cable.  I noticed 
that in the past, but it could also depend on the quality of the cable.

HTH

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Levy via gui-talk" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 9:00 PM
Subject: [spam] [gui-talk] Accessible Internet Speed Test


>
> Happy Independence weekend.  My Internet service provider, Verizon, will 
> be upgrading my DSL service to a faster tier this coming Tuesday, or so 
> they promise.  To insure that my DSL service has actually been upgraded, I 
> would like to test my Internet speed now and again on Tuesday after the 
> upgrade is activated.  Can anyone suggest a JAWS-accessible Internet speed 
> test site that does not require the installation of Java, and whose 
> results are reasonably accurate and easy to interpret?  Thanks.
> Gerald
>
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