# Flash app that tests connection speed?

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**Created:** [September 30, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-app-that-tests-connection-speed/6132 "2002-09-30T14:27:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![csinnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@csinnett](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/csinnett)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-app-that-tests-connection-speed/6132/1 "2002-09-30T14:27:40Z")

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Greetings all…

I have seen a couple examples of companies that are using a Flash app to test the connection speed of cable modems, T1 lines, etc…

Do any of you have an idea of how this could be done? Any sites I can visit to see a tutorial of this created?

One example that I have seen is [http://www.houston.rr.com/SpeedTest/speedTest.html](http://www.houston.rr.com/SpeedTest/speedTest.html)

How is this built?

any insight would be greatly appreciated.

cheers,

~cs

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-app-that-tests-connection-speed/6132/2 "2002-09-30T14:48:43Z")

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Hi,

I don’t know how it’s done but if what u want is the Kbps it’s just a matter of looking at the kb loaded in a second, isn’t it?

I guess what u do is look at how many kb have loaded in all and every second and then work out the average of all of them.

Cheers

SHO

Ps.: I, personally, think that all those stats r bull\*\*\*\*. I mean that for instance in the page u r linking to my test says that I load 3140Kb in 23 secs and the Kbps are 1066.  
Now, 1066\*23= 24518 !!!  
No sense, or is it?