Two years ago, Netflix launched FAST.com – a free, fast, and simple way for people to check the speeds they’re getting from their internet service provider. Since then, the site has experienced incredibly strong organic growth. In fact, usage of FAST.com has doubled over the past seven months, and the site has now generated more than half a billion speed tests from around the world
Now, FAST.com is adding two new features to its site: the ability to measure latency and upload speed. Latency refers to the time it takes for data to travel from a user’s device to the server and back while upload speed measures the speed of the connection for uploading data from a user device to the internet.
By adding these new measurements to FAST.com, consumers will have a more comprehensive view of their internet connection speed at any given time.