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General Topics, Questions & Support => Free-for-all => Topic started by: djkimmel on March 13, 2010, 12:00:31 AM
From Switched.com:
Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed
by Caleb Johnson — Mar 12th 2010 at 8:30AM
Have you ever had a sneaky suspicion that your broadband speed might not be as fast as your Internet Service Provider (ISP) claims? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will help you figure out if the wool has been pulled over your eyes. According to Wired, the FCC's new site Broadband.gov will let users test the speed of their broadband connection for free. The announcement of this site, which went live yesterday, read article on Switched.com (http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/)
You can visit www.broadband.gov to try out the new test. I ran the test on my home ISP. Give it a try.