To truly optimize your mobile internet connectivity, you need to know what sort of data performance you are getting. And the best quantitative measurement is getting speedtest results to show you download and upload speeds. While the bars displayed on your device are a quick visual indicator - they aren't always a direct indicator of the data speeds and reliability you'll get. There's a lot going on behind the scenes that can affect your data performance, whether you are connecting to a Wi-Fi network, cable, satellite, or cellular internet data source. In this video, we go over speed testing apps like Ookla, Cloudflare and Netflix's Fast.com, what the results means (download, upload, ping/latency, packet loss and jitter) - and some best practices for measuring the impact of your signal enhancing efforts. For more on this: Speed testing guide: https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/guides/testing-understanding-your-mobile-internet-speeds/#Speed_Test_Data_Usage Optimizing your cellular data performance: https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/guides/understanding-and-optimizing-cellular-signal/ 0:00 Intro 0:35 Optimizing at Each Location 1:13 Why a Speedtest and Not Bars? 2:19 Speedtest Services 3:14 Results: Download, Upload, Latency, Packet Loss and Jitter 4:17 Download Speed Benchmarks 4:50 Upload Speed Benchmarks 6:13 Latency/Ping 7:20 Jitter and Packet Loss 8:01 Tips For Testing: Isolating Variables, Servers, and Data Usage 10:36 Speedtest Server Used to Test 12:30 Optimizing Data Performance 13:17 Wrap-Up -------------------------------- The Mobile Internet Resource Center is dedicated to helping mobile travelers (RVers, cruisers, nomads, etc.) keep connected! This channel is part of the Mobile Internet Resource Center, and you'll find even MORE content (guides, news, courses, reviews, forums, gear and more) on our website: http://www.mobileinternetinfo.com/. We are funded by our premium members, who allow us to make this niche topic our focus and offer a ton of free content (like this channel) to the public! Our members get a bunch of extra access to our Q&A forums, in-depth guides, product reviews, courses, insider tips and webinars. Interested in helping keep us funded to continue creating content? Want to go deeper? Want more interactive guidance? Consider becoming a member at: http://www.mobileinternetinfo.com/membership The Mobile Internet Resource Center is brought to you by Two Steps Beyond LLC, the consultancy run by Cherie & Chris of Technomadia.com (full time tech nomads since 2006 by RV & boat). © Two Steps Beyond LLC 2021 See our website for our full terms of use disclaimer: https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/terms-of-use-disclosure/ AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and weBoost partnership program. We earn from qualifying purchases on Amazon and weBoost. All other links are not affiliate links - we forgo affiliate relationships whenever possible, and instead ask vendors to pass along bigger savings to our premium members.