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In The Browser
There are many web based speed test but this is the one we most commonly use:

http://www.speedtest.net/

From The Command Line
sudo aptitude install -y -v speedtest-cli

Usage:

sudo speedtest-cli

Returns:

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Testing from PlusNet Technologies Ltd (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)... Selecting best server based on latency... Hosted by Seacom Ltd (London) [0.89 km]: 29.967 ms Testing download speed........................................ Download: 13.92 Mbits/s Testing upload speed.................................................. Upload: 0.81 Mbits/s

Switches:

usage: speedtest-cli [-h] [--bytes] [--share] [--simple] [--list] [--server SERVER] [--mini MINI] [--source SOURCE] [--version] Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. -- https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli optional arguments: -h, --help      show this help message and exit --bytes         Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the image generated by --share --share         Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share results image --simple        Suppress verbose output, only show basic information --list          Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance --server SERVER Specify a server ID to test against --mini MINI     URL of the Speedtest Mini server --source SOURCE Source IP address to bind to  --version        Show the version number and exit