If you run Windows XP, Windows 2000, or good ole NT, you can clock your network speed for free by picking up the QCheck tool at
http://www.ixiacom.com/products/display?skey=qcheck
It’s cool, it’s fun, and it’s efficient — and it installs no spyware on your system.
Rats. I’m on Vista. I guess this product won’t work for me?
Anything like this out there for us Mac users?
You might look at http://www.speedtest.net/
FREE and it appears to work on all platforms (though I can’t test VISTA, Linux, or MAC) since it’s web based.
Lloyd
another good one is http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/ – you don'[t have to leave any information and can test it to various servers.