# Internet Speed Test in Python — speedtest-cli Example

A short Python script that **tests your internet speed** — download, upload, and ping — using the `speedtest-cli` library and Speedtest.net servers.

## Overview

This script connects to the best available Speedtest.net server, runs a full speed test, and prints the results to the console.

## Features

- Automatically selects the best available test server
- Measures download speed (Mbps)
- Measures upload speed (Mbps)
- Reports ping latency (ms)
- Displays the selected server's host, country, and sponsor

## Requirements

```text
speedtest-cli
```

Install the dependency:

```bash
pip install speedtest-cli
```

## Usage

From the `Console_Code` folder:

```bash
python SpeedTest.py
```

### Example Output

The numbers below are illustrative; the text matches what the script prints.

```text
Loading servers
Calulating download speed...
Calulating upload speed...
Calulating ping result...

Choose best server example.server.net located at United States Sponsor by Example ISP
Download    : 95.42 Mbps
Upload      : 48.17 Mbps
Ping        : 12.34 ms
```

## File Structure

```text
Internet Speed Test/
└── Console_Code/
    └── SpeedTest.py    # Main script
```

## Note on the reported units

`speedtest-cli` returns speeds in bits per second. The script's `bytes_to_mb` helper divides by powers of **1024** and always appends `Mbps`, so a result shown as "90.6 Mbps" is about 95 megabits per second in the usual decimal sense (roughly 4.6% higher). Very slow connections, below 1,048,576 bit/s, are shown in kilobit units but are still labelled `Mbps`. Dividing by `1_000_000` gives standard Mbps.

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