The Internet Speed at a Glance speed test

https://speedtest.zomdir.com/ The Internet Speed at a Glance speed test 0 3/5 stars ★★★☆☆ Hans van der Graaf Hans van der Graaf Tip

In general, the Internet Speed at a Glance speed test is a recommended speed test, this despite the fact that this speed test is not accurate. The lack of accuracy is more than made up for by the other features of this speed test.

• Data efficiency: 100/100
• Time to complete: 100/100
• Security: 96/100
• Privacy friendly: 99/100
• Usability: 80/100
• Accessibility: 100/100
• Informative: 30/100

With an adverstised speed of 100 Mbps and an average measured internet speed of 75 Mbps, we conclude that the Internet Speed at a Glance speed test is not an accurate speed test (Accuracy score: 20/100).

Internet Speed at a Glance is created in 2017 as a ZOMDir tool to quickly check for internet problems.

With that goal in mind, the focus was more on speed than on accuracy. The measured internet speed is therefore always indicated with a lower and upper limit.

This makes Internet Speed at a Glance speed test a miscellaneous speed test. That is, this speed test is hard to categorize.

The Internet Speed at a Glance speed test is an original speed test.

Pros

This Internet Speed at a Glance speed test has the following pros:

1. Ad-free
2. Great usability
3. Privacy friendly
4. Factually correct
5. Fast
6. Accessibile

Ad-free

Internet Speed at a Glance is free to use. No ads are shown. The focus is entirely on quickly gaining insight into the available internet speed.

Great usability

Internet Speed at a Glance works in any browser on any device.

You don't have to do anything to start the test. The test starts automatically. A retest can be started with a single action (mouse click or keystroke).

The focus on ease of use pays off, making Internet Speed at a Glance one of the most accessible speed tests out there.

Note that Internet Speed at a Glance is one of the few speed tests that supports using a dark mode theme.

Privacy friendly

Internet Speed at a Glance is a privacy friendly speed test. No cookies, no tracking mechanism, no analytics installed, making Internet Speed at a Glance automatically GDPR-proof.

Factually correct

Unlike other speed tests, Internet Speed at a Glance only gives an indication of the download speed. This is actually better than what other speed tests do. With the decimals they suggest an accuracy that cannot be substantiated. Plus, most speed tests don't even measure your true internet speed.

Internet Speed at a Glance is therefore the only speed test that actually shows the measured download speed factually correct.

Fast

Internet Speed at a Glance is incredibly fast. The download speed test is usually ready right after startup.

This is not only good for the user experience, it also makes Internet Speed at a Glance the most climate-friendly speed test available.

All in all, enough reasons to use Internet Speed at a Glance (speedtest.zomdir.com) from now on if you want to get an indication of whether your download speed is still good enough.

Accessible

Internet Speed at a Glance uses standard HTML code. By doing this, more or less automatically the accessibility requirements as laid down in the WCAG 2.0 Level A Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are met.

No wonder Internet Speed at a Glance is the most accessible speed test.

These pros makes Internet at a speed one of the best free webbased speed tests there is. This speed test is almost an excellent speed test.

Cons

This Internet Speed at a Glance speed test has the following cons:

1. The measured value is shown as a range, not as a value

When to use Internet Speed at a Glance

If you want to quickly check for internet problems Internet Speed at a Glance is an excellent speed test.

Otherwise, read our advice for a better speed test that suits your needs.

How we tested

We have tested the Internet Speed at a Glance 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 (not necessary, hence yes)
2. Ad-free: yes
3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 75 Mbps
4. Clear indication of the current focus: yes
5. Correct back button behavior: no
6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: 47.91
7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 0
8. Number of cookies: 0
9. Number of measured features: 1
10. Number of Wave errors: 0
11. Observatory score: 80
12. Tingtun score: 100
13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 1,91 MiBs
14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 16 seconds