Netflix's tool tests internet connection speeds

With the amount of content we stream and download, internet speed has never been more important. Netflix has launched a tool to test your internet speed.

Netflix has snapped up the Fast.com domain, a fitting domain for what it does. Once you visit the website it instantly calculates what your current download speed is. Netflix describes Fast.com as, "a simple-to-use way for consumers to estimate what speed their ISP is providing. It is not a network engineer's analysis and diagnostic suite."

While there are websites that offer the same service, Fast.com is a more accessible way to check up on your download speed. In fact, the service also offers an easy way to then compare your result on SpeedTest.net.