New Mexico Broadband Program Speed Test

The New Mexico Broadband (NMBB) Program is soliciting your assistance in identifying those areas within New Mexico that have inadequate broadband service. A "Speed Test" is a simple way of doing this. The NMBB Program is suggesting that you conduct this Speed Test repeatedly during the week and at difference times in the day. That way we can analyze the differences between peak hour loads and low use periods.

The NMBB Program will gather these data, map the results, and aggregate them into categories to assess level of services within New Mexico. Please be assured your individual address will not be shared, the information will be aggregated into neighborhood blocks to provide a picture of broadband performance. These data will assist planning and funding requests for building more access to broadband.

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Results will be displayed here once the test is complete.

Glossary of Terms

• Bandwidth: the rate at which data can be transmitted between your computer and the testing servers.
• Kbps or KB/sec: kilobits per second - a measure of Bandwidth. File sizes are normally indicated in terms of "bytes"; one byte is equal to 8 bits. In other words, 1000 kilobits per second is equal to 125 kilobytes per second.
• Mbps or MB/sec: Megabits per second - another measure of Bandwidth. One Megabit is equal to 1024 kilobits.
• Packet: a unit of data capable of being routed through a computer network.
• Latency: the time it takes for a single packet of data to be sent from your computer to the testing server and back (the "round trip" time). This is measured in milliseconds, or thousandths of a second.

Broadband Speed Chart