The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world.
It monitors world traffic and then displays a value between zero and 100. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections. The Global Index is the overall average of the response rating from all servers queried in the Internet Traffic report. Higher Index means faster Internet. Read the FAQ.
You can download the free Internet Traffic report (ITR) Client for Windows to monitor ITR in realtime and test your connection when problems occur. You can add a live statistics display to your website too like the one you see on the left.
Pings are used to measure round-trip travel time or response time along major paths like servers and routers on the Internet. Packet Loss is an estimate of the reliability of a connection. At this moment North America is showing a global index of 92 while Asia is showing a low 62 and rising trend! They also have some interesting traffic analysis of events in the real world that have a profound effect the Internet. Assess why your internet connection is slow, or do you need a faster broadband internet connection?