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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