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FCC Asks You To Test Your Broadband Speeds
AnotherUsername writes "The Federal Communications Commission is asking the nation's broadband and smartphone users to use its broadband testing tools to help the feds and consumers know what speeds are actually available, not just promised by the nation's telecoms. At http://www.broadband.gov/, users enter their address and test their broadband download speed, upload speed, latency, and jitter using one of two tests (users can choose to test with the other after one test is complete). The FCC is requiring the street address, as it 'may use this data to analyze broadband quality and availability on a geographic basis' (they promise not to release location data except in the aggregate). The agency is also asking those who live in a broadband 'dead zone' to fill out a report online, call, fax, email, or even send a letter. The announcement comes just six days before the FCC presents the first ever national broadband plan to Congress. Java is necessary to run the test." Lauren Weinstein points out some of the limitations in the FCC's testing methodology.
This is probably as SERIOUS a SHIT as Irak WMD's in 2002.
Name - commodore64_love
Number of residents - 3
(Thus ends the legally-allowed questions - the rest of these violate the Bill of Rights (9 and 10).)
Age: I forget.
Sex: I don't know what that is.
Income: Too small.
Insured? No and it's BY MY OWN CHOICE so STOP RAMMING IT DOWN MY THROAT.
Number of cars? As many as I can afford which is more than 0 but less than 100.
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