Network Speed Requirements

After running our network speed test, you'll be presented with the results.

Latency
The result you receive will predict the amount of lag/delay you might experience.
Good: 500ms or less
Fair: between 500ms and 999ms
Poor: more than 1000ms

Download
The result you receive will predict the quality of video you're likely to stream from the other party.
Good: 5mb/s or more
Fair: between 2mb/s and 5mb/s
Poor: less than 2mb/s

Upload
The result you receive will predict the quality of video you're likely to stream to the other party.
Good: 5mb/s or more
Fair: between 2mb/s and 5mb/s
Poor: less than 2mb/s

Keep in mind that there might be a difference between the results shown on Spark Hire vs. the results you get on other network speed tests. There are likely due to the difference in distance.

The Spark Hire Diagnostics Tool uses Spark Hire servers which result in a more accurate indication of what you can expect when using Spark Hire.

Services like SpeedTest.net simply ping the closest server to you which doesn't account for the distance.