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There’s always a very interesting period of smartphones comparison whenever a manufacturer introduces a new device into the market. The majority of non-technically au fait consumers will simply make their decisions based on the manufacturer of the hardware or the underlying operating system, but there’s always another particular subset of enthusiasts.Such users are not only passionate about how a new device performs, but also how it performs in comparison to the competition that’s already available. With that in mind, it was inevitable that Samsung’s latest 2016-released Galaxy Note 7 was going to be compared with Apple’s 2015 iPhone 6s range.The recently...

The Federal Communications Commission has begun to benchmark Internet service speeds across the United States to allow consumer to compare the real world performance of their ISP with its advertised speeds. Consumers may visit the agency's Broadband.gov Web page to run the rest from their PCs or download the FCC Broadband Test app for Android and the iPhone.

Ever wonder what the actual upload and download speeds of your broadband internet connection are? This will show you with a cool graphical interface. Speedtest

I have FIOS fiber internet access 15megabits per second at home. Using wdc.speakeasy.net with my wired NIC I get 13MB or greater always, but with wireless 802.11G the max I can get is 8MB. No big problem, but I wonder if anyone else has seen effective speeds greater than 8MB .I would definitely recommend Verizon FIOS fiber internet access for anyone who can get it.Does anyone else who has FIOS at home able to get greater than 1.5 MB upload speeds?