[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I use speedtest.net by Oookla to check my connection stats, which is probably what Florida uses (as do most internet service providers).

Your latency is also known as ping rate. It's measured in milliseconds (ms). It is the measure of how long it takes for a packet (a little bit of data your computer sends/receives) to bounce to its destination. Less than a tenth of a second (99ms or less) is expected, less than half that (50ms) is good, less than a quarter of that (25 or less) is optimal. 1000 milliseconds is 1 second.

I'm at 24ms with the destination being some Summit Broadband server in Orlando (speedtest picks the random server, but you can check any available server available in the network). To compare:

Sending a packet to a "Gigabit Minnesota" server in Rosemount MN returns 55ms just to get there. But once I'm there, the data stream is pretty good: 90.21 mbps download, and 12.01 upload.

Sendind a packet to the Whitesky Communications server in Orlando returns 41ms ping (latency), 91.84mbps download, 12.05mbps upload. The upload speed is excellent. Ping is unimpressive, it's probably a very small server in a dusty old CO somewhere.

Compare a third time with a CenturyLink server in Orlando: 26ms, which is what you should expect, and excellent. 93.11 down, 11.98 up.

I have an Xfinity wifi service, no cable TV, with up to 100 down and 12 up. If my download speed is under 85, then something is wrong (or I'm checking from my tablet outside on the patio).