The original Google Fiber speed test

http://speed.googlefiber.net/ Google Fiber speed test (The original -) 0 5/5 stars ★★★★★ Hans van der Graaf Tip

The original Google Fiber speed test located at speed.googlefiber.net is a class speed test that is firmly anchored in the top 5 of speed tests. The speed test is accurate, fast and -you might not expect it- privacy friendly.

 

With an adverstised speed of 100 Mbps and an average measured internet speed of 102 Mbps, we conclude that the original Google Fiber speed test is an accurate speed test (Accuracy score: 97/100).

The original Google Fiber speed test is a mainstream speed test. That is, this speed test measures the advertised speed.

This speed test was created for the Google Fiber gigabit internet customers to test their internet speed. Fortunately, this speed test can be used by everyone.

Google Fiber is first seen on the Wayback machine October 2015.

Google Fiber was the number 1 speed test in the first ultimate speed test test of 2020 and got the highest overall score in 2022. Hence Google Fiber is a highly recommended speed test.

Google Fiber recommends Ookla Speedtest

The speed test speed.googlefiber.net is much much better then the Ookla clone which is hosted at fiber.google.com/speedtest. The only positive thing about Ookla clones is that they are the gold standard, but probably more importantly, they are ISP independent speed tests.

That is probably the reason that nowadays, Google Fiber Help states that you should run an Ookla Speedtest.

The Google Fiber speed test used to have two URLs

Remarkably, there were two URLs that can be used to start the original Google Fiber speed test, namely

  1. http://speed.googlefiber.net/
  2. speedtest.googlefiber.net

The speedtest variant nowadays redirects to https://fiber.google.com/speedtest/.

Note that the URL start with http, hence the connection between browser and server isn't secure. A secure connection doesn't really seem necessary for a speed test. However, Google Fiber's speed test is one of the few speed test that does not have a secure connection.

Pros

This original Google Fiber speed test has the following pros:

  1. The speed test is accuracte and fast (which is a rare combination)
  2. It is an original speed test

Cons

This original Google Fiber speed test has the following cons:

  1. Sometimes a reload is required

Reload sometimes required

Very occasionally, when starting a retest, the Google Fiber speed test indicates that it needs to be reloaded. This is most likely due to an unstable internet connection.

Google Fiber requires sometimes a reload

When to use the original Google Fiber speed test

If you just want to know what your internet speed is, then use this excellent speed test.

How we tested

We have tested the original Google Fiber 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: yes
  2. Ad-free: yes
  3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 102 Mbps
  4. Clear indication of the current focus: no
  5. Correct back button behavior: yes
  6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: 23.22
  7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 3
  8. Number of cookies: 0
  9. Number of measured features: 2
  10. Number of Wave errors: 2
  11. Observatory score: 30
  12. Tingtun score: 95.74
  13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 293.22 MiBs
  14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 48 seconds