FCC Speed Test

Whatitdoes:

Accuratelymeasuretheperformanceofyourmobilebroadbandservicebyrunningactiveteststoevaluatethefollowingmetrics-downloadanduploadspeed,latency,jitterandpacketloss.

YoucanrunthesetestsoverbothWi-Fiandcellularconnections.

ThedatafromthesetestscontributetotheFCC’sMeasuringBroadbandAmericaprogram.TheprogramisrunbytheFCCtofulfilitsCongressionalmandatetocollectandmakepubliclyavailableaccurateandtransparentperformancemetricsonUSbroadband.

Yourprivacyiscompletelysafeguarded.Nopersonallyidentifiableinformationiscollected.


Howitworks:

Onceyouinstallandopentheappperiodicautomaticbackgroundtestswillbescheduled,testingdownload,upload,latency,jitterandpacketloss.

Youcansetamonthlydatacaptoensuretestsdonotgooveryourlimit.Youcanalsomonitordatausageintheappsoyoudonotexceedmonthlyallowancesbyyourcarrier.

Youcanalsorunmanualtestswheneveryou’dlikeandcontrolwhichtestsyou’dliketoperform.

Usingthebuilt-inGUI,It’seasytocomparetestsandhistoricaldatacollectedtoseehowperformancechangesovertime,oraccordingtoWi-Fi/cellularconnection.

Inadditiontothetest-generatedin-appinformation,youcanalsoexportadditionaldatacollectedduringatest.ThispassivedatasuchasCellID,SignalStrengthandGPSlocationcanbeusedtofurtheranalyzeperformanceacrosstimeandlocations.

AbouttheApp

AspartoftheMeasuringBroadbandAmericaProgramTheFCCSpeedTestAppassistswithimprovingthevisibility,accuracyandtransparencyofperformancedataonUSmobilebroadband.

Moreinformation:https://www.fcc.gov/general/measuring-mobile-broadband-performance

PrivacyPolicy:https://www.fcc.gov/general/mobile-broadband-performance-application-privacy-notice-and-terms-use