FCC releases Internet speed test tool
Fred Baker
fred at cisco.com
Fri Mar 12 15:23:53 UTC 2010
I could imagine that the FCC sees it as a data source.
On Mar 12, 2010, at 6:34 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010, Joe Greco wrote:
>> I've gotten strange stuff each time I've tried their tests. I
>> particularly like the factor of 10 difference in upload speeds.
>
> The FCC is probably doing this because US providers generally don't release actual bandwidth, speeds or latency numbers their consumer
> customers get. Advertised numbers often don't mean anything. If
> providers want to release better data, it might help the FCC understand
> the current environment.
>
> Some US providers have published data for their business customer connections and backbones.
>
>
http://www.ipinc.net/IPv4.GIF
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