The Bandwidth Place Internet Speed Test is a browser-based, HTML5 speed test that checks your connection speed without requiring any downloads. When you begin the test, our tool will upload a set of files from your computer to the fastest test server with the lowest ping. If you would like to use a different server, we also provide the option to manually select the server location. The speed test will then run in reverse, downloading your files instead. During the entire process, our speed test will measure various metrics, such as your upload speed, download speed, and ping.