diff --git a/speedtest-cli b/speedtest-cli
index dc0288e..9bd5f57 100755
--- a/speedtest-cli
+++ b/speedtest-cli
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class FileGetter(threading.Thread):
                 f = urllib2.urlopen(self.url)
                 self.result = 0
                 while 1:
-                    contents = f.read(1024)
+                    contents = f.read(10240)
                     if contents:
                         self.result += len(contents)
                     else:
diff --git a/speedtest-cli-3 b/speedtest-cli-3
index 67dd619..8112a96 100755
--- a/speedtest-cli-3
+++ b/speedtest-cli-3
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class FileGetter(threading.Thread):
                 f = urllib.request.urlopen(self.url)
                 self.result = 0
                 while 1:
-                    contents = f.read(1024)
+                    contents = f.read(10240)
                     if contents:
                         self.result += len(contents)
                     else: