Latency is important for things like online gaming, where reaction time really counts. Since satellite data must travel all the way to satellites in Earth orbit, the latency of satellite internet is very high. Latency: This measures how long it takes information to travel in a round trip from your computer to the server and back.Some activities, like video calls, need a good upload speed to run smoothly. You upload data every time you upload a photo to social media or send an email. Upload speed: This is how fast you can send data from your computer to the server.

According to the FCC, to qualify as a high-speed broadband internet, a connection must have at least 25 Mbps download speed and 3 Mbps upload speed. Download speed: This measures how quickly data travels from the server to your computer, which determines how quickly the content on a page loads and how high the quality of a video stream can be.

The HughesNet satellite internet speed test measures your speed and internet performance by looking at three things:

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