There are many sites over the internet that make speed tests but most of them work on the same principle:
1) visit a web site
2) select a location with which you'll be making the speed test
3) start the test and check out the results
OR the more advanced option is to
1) visit a website
2) automaticall load in your page a Flash script
3) start the script which will then download and sometimes upload a file from/to a certain destination
While this approach is generally good enough it is completely useless when you need to check the speed between your computer and any website in the world.
"Why would I want to do that?" you may ask yourself.
Well, here's one of the reasons: you want to find a reliable hosting provider and the provider you just found advertise they have fast Internet connectivity. This may be true but what about if they host the site in US and your target audience is in Australia?
If that's the case use this http://tools.geek-tools.org/en/speedtest speed test tool, it is not yet perfect but it may help you make some real life tests on with different sites hosted by the same provider.
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