To start the test click the "Click to start test" button as shown in fig 1 above.
First of all the download test will be plotted followed by the upload test. Once the test has been completed more tabs will appear and the results will be displayed as shown below in fig 2:
Fig 2: MySpeed Test results
The three extra tabs shown above are Graph, Summary and Advanced.
Graph Tab 
The graph tab is shown below in fig3:
Fig 3: Graph tab
The graph tab plots your download or upload speed in kbps (chosen from the drop down menu) vs the connection delay in ms and the time the test took in ms.
The graph's you can view are explained in much more detail by clicking the "click here for detailed analysis" link in the bottom right hand corner of the applet. This link appears on the summary and speed view as well.
Click here for an example of the detailed analysis for a MySpeed test
Summary Tab
The graph tab is shown below in fig4:
Fig 4: Summary Tab
The summary tab shows a summary of the connection data collected from the test. The colored circles to the left of the text are there to give a quick indication as to whether the test was good or bad. In the example above the download and upload tests are of a good speed but the quality of service is bad which means although the speed was good, it was not consistent.
Click here for an example of the detailed analysis for a MySpeed test
Advanced Tab
The graph tab is shown below in fig5:
Fig 5: Advanced Tab
The advanced tab, as shown above in fig 5, shows a run down of the statistics for the test performed. The data ranges from the download and upload speed to the average download pause and average round trip time to server.
If the statistics don't make much sense or were not expected then try viewing the detailed analysis which explains things in much more detail. (there are link to this report in the speed, graph and summary tabs, but not the advanced tab)
Click here for an example of the detailed analysis for a MySpeed test
To view the statistics in text form then click the "view text" link in the bottom right hand corner of the applet. This will launch a Java Applet window with the statistics laid out, as shown below in fig 6:
Fig 6: MySpeed statistics.
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