The Bandwidth Place speed test

https://www.bandwidthplace.com/ The Bandwidth Place speed test 0 2/5 stars ★★☆☆☆ Hans van der Graaf

In general, the Bandwidth Place speed test is not a recommended speed test, mainly because the measured speed is structurally too low.

 

With an adverstised speed of 100 Mbps and an average measured internet speed of 96 Mbps, we conclude that the Bandwidth Place speed test is not an accurate speed test (Accuracy score: 20/100).

The Bandwidth Place speed test is a conservative speed test. That is, this speed test measures structural an internet speed lower than the advertised speed.

The Bandwidth Place speed test is one of the oldest speed tests there is. Bandwidth Place is founded in 2002.

By the end of 2023, Bandwidth Place had been redesigned.

The Bandwidth Place speed test uses probably to much whitespace It is questionable whether the new design is an improvement. There is probably to much whitespace in this new design. Without scrolling you can't see the progressbar.

Pros

This Bandwidth Place speed test has the following pros:

  1. It is a unique speed test
  2. The speed test is delivered by an independent company
  3. The speed test is relative data efficient

Cons

This Bandwidth Place speed test has the following cons:

  1. The speed test isn't that accurate
  2. The speed test places a lot of cookies

When to use Bandwidth Place

You could use Bandwidth Place to check whether the minimum speed for watching a movie is available. If Bandwidth Place indicates that the download speed is 5 Mbps or more, then you know that you can watch an online movie without any problems.

If you just want to know what your internet speed is, then use another speed test. Read our advice for a better speed test that suits your needs.

How we tested

We have tested the Bandwidth Place speed test in a standardized way. This makes speed tests easy to compare.

The following results form the basis for this speed test review:

  1. Abort/pause possible: no
  2. Ad-free: no
  3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 96 Mbps
  4. Clear indication of the current focus: no
  5. Correct back button behavior: yes
  6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: 35.15
  7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 14
  8. Number of cookies: 18
  9. Number of measured features: 1
  10. Number of Wave errors: 7
  11. Observatory score: 25
  12. Tingtun score: 92.43
  13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 395.84 MiBs
  14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 90 seconds