diff --git a/src/lib/remote.js b/src/lib/remote.js
index 3611558..db4b790 100644
--- a/src/lib/remote.js
+++ b/src/lib/remote.js
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 export class VastNetworkError extends Error {}
 
 export default class Remote {
-  static async loadVast({ url, timeout, onBandwidthUpdate } = { timeout: 10000, onBandwidthUpdate: () => {} }) {
+  /**
+   * Fetches a remote XML Vast url. It has no knowledge of XML or the Vast structure
+   *
+   * @async
+   * @param {String} url - Where to download the XML
+   * @param {Integer} timeout - time in milleseconds to wait until for remote load
+   * @param {Function} onBandwidthUpdate - Callback when there is a new bandwidth estimate available,
+   *                                       will be be passed a number representing KB/s
+   * @returns {Promise<String>} XML Response from the url
+   */
+  static async loadUrl({ url, timeout = 10000, onBandwidthUpdate = () => {} }) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       this.vastUrl = url;
       const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
diff --git a/src/lib/vast.js b/src/lib/vast.js
index 939f76a..3fa84d1 100644
--- a/src/lib/vast.js
+++ b/src/lib/vast.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export default class Vast {
 
   async loadRemoteVast(url, { timeout } = { timeout: 10000 }) {
     this.vastUrl = url;
-    const remoteVastXml = await Remote.loadVast({
+    const remoteVastXml = await Remote.loadUrl({
       url: url,
       timeout: timeout,
       onBandwidthUpdate: bw => {
diff --git a/test/remote.spec.js b/test/remote.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0f4c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/remote.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import Remote from '../src/lib/remote';
+import mock from 'xhr-mock';
+
+describe('Basic Remote Functionality', () => {
+  const fakeUrl = 'http://not-real.com/vast.xml';
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mock.setup();
+    mock.get(fakeUrl, { body: 'nope' });
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    mock.teardown();
+  });
+
+  it('should have a single static function', () => {
+    expect(Remote.loadUrl).toBeDefined();
+    expect(typeof Remote.loadUrl).toBe('function');
+  });
+
+  it('should be able to be used without a bandwith function', async () => {
+    await Remote.loadUrl({
+      url: fakeUrl,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should callback the bandwidth function after load', async () => {
+    const bandwidthTest = jest.fn();
+    await Remote.loadUrl({
+      url: fakeUrl,
+      onBandwidthUpdate: bandwidthTest,
+    });
+    expect(bandwidthTest).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});