there's at LEAST a half dozen FREE speed test sites on the net... Posted on 03/11/2010 3:52:28 PM PST by Slyscribe
Ever get that feeling your wireless data connection is s-l-o-w, or that your PC isn’t getting the high-speed Internet access advertised by your local cable or phone company? The Federal Communications Commission, which plans to release its national broadband plan next week, thinks plenty of people would answer yes.
Today, the FCC released tools that consumers can use to test their wireless or landline broadband connection.
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Why would you want to give them your address?
The FCC has many tools on the payroll who should be released.
Curious... they want your name, address, ZIP code. There are all kinds of other speed tests that don’t.
Probably just a government reflex.
no doubt this cost millions of taxpayer dollars.
In the mean time, there are about 50 good websites that check this. Here’s one: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
there's at LEAST a half dozen FREE speed test sites on the net... Speedtest.net is free, easy, and quite good.
It gives you ping time, download and upload speed.
Offer incentives to companies, don’t do it by yourselves. Government can’t run anything efficiently, or at a profit.
You mean Speedtest.net, Testmynet.com and speakeasy.net don’t do the job?
I have a dog in this fight: other than satellite internet I have one ISP available, and that’s Verizon Wireless. I’ll give up my truly unlimited, grandfathered Alltel contract only when there’s an adequate replacement. I’m keeping an eagle eye on LTE, wimax, and any and all technology that could reach me in the future.
Most tech blogs are very pessimistic about the fed’s broadband plan scheduled for release next week.
The FCC just wants to tax the heck out us who have broadband so they can give it away to the 16 people with 2 computers in West Dogpile, SD. People in these rural and remote areas don’t have broadband for the same reason they don’t have a shopping mall or Starbucks ...there just isn’t enough market to pay the cost.
They’re also bunged up about making sure the poor city dwellers get free internet, too. Oh, and they have to make sure that minorities are given “their fair share” (which means a chunk of yours and a slice of mine...).
what the heck is behind this? There have been speed tests for years on the web
Does the Department of Transportation provide some sort of test to see how fast one's car can accelerate? (except maybe for Toyotas)
ML/NJ
How much is this costing taxpayers.
Because you have been able to check you speed online for years and years...
I ran test with made up city, another state and used 1 main street as address.
Who’d give the government personal details so they could link your isp and your personal details? Duh...is anyone that naive? My husband’s an IT manager and we always use this site to test:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
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