Mobile Data Speed Test for Cell Phones

Wondering how to check the mobile data speed of your cell phone? This mobile data speed test evaluates the internet speed of your cell phone or smartphone, as well as additional connection details such as upload/download speeds, packet loss, ping, streaming latency, and jitter. This test also provides detailed feedback on the type of functions your mobile data connection is capable of carrying out. Examples of functions reported include buffering of live video on popular video apps and sites such as YouTube or Hulu, mobile gaming, app usage, mobile hotspot, and more. Unlike other cell phone data speed tests, our test does not require you to download an app, nor does it require the use of Java or Flash. Our test is built in HTML5, so it works on any device, right in the web browser. You can check your mobile data speed test by running the test now, but please keep in mind it may take 30 seconds or more to present you with your results. Do not close the browser tab or put your phone to sleep while the test is running.

Steps To Ensure Your Cell Phone Data Connection is Solid

The main reason you're likely using this test is that you're interested in finding out what your mobile data speed is in your current location, and whether it is robust enough to use your phone's internet connection for whatever data-intensive task you have in mind.

Some things to keep in mind:

• Your wireless data speed can change based on your location, and how many towers your carrier has within your location. The fidelity of your connection can also be affected by whether you're indoors or outdoors.
• Your wireless data speed can be influenced by how congested your carrier's network currently is. You may get better data speeds in the middle of the night when few other people are using their devices.
• Different carriers have different coverage depending on the location you're in.
• You should be sure to run this speed test with your Wi-Fi turned off, if you're truly interested in your cell phone data speed. If you're Wi-Fi connection is turned on, then what you're actually testing is the speed of whichever Wi-Fi network you're connected to.

Analyzing Your Mobile Data Speed Test Results

After the execution and finishing of the speed test, users are provided many different results to measure particular criteria. Listed below is a summarized explanation of what your results are specifying, depending on your residential or business broadband setup:

• Download Speed: Instead of measuring pure speed, this measurement displays how much can be downloaded to your device per second.
• Upload Speed: Similar to the rate of downloads, this isn't a pure measurement of speed, rather it is a simple indication of the amount of data that can be uploaded per second from your mobile device to the web.
• Ping: Measurement of the length of time one packet of data takes to transfer from one end point to another.
• Jitter: Measurement of multiple ping results occurring sequentially. A score close to zero signifies a good jitter result.
• Bufferbloat: This is an executed test of latency, occurring whenever low bandwidth is experienced during a connection. This is normally achieved through a check of bandwidth being performed in order to optimize the speed of the connection.
• Packet loss: This is a measurement test that determines the number of packets, and how many reach their destination when sent from one device to another. 0% would be the best percentage score for how many packets lost.

If your data speed is not as fast as you'd like it to be, be sure to compare cell phone plans at Wirefly so that you can find another carrier with acceptable data speeds in your area and check out the best cell phone plans of the year.