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ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds

Posted by samzenpus on from the lies-and-damned-lies dept.

Haffner writes "Ars Technica has an article detailing the difference between ISP advertised 'up to x Mbps' speeds and the actual speeds, in addition to some possible solutions. They find that on average, the advertised speeds were 'up to 6.7 Mbps' while the real median was 3 Mbps and the mean was 4 Mbps. This implies that ISPs were falsely advertising by at least 50%."

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  1. Re:ISP's want your money... by node_chomsky · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh well, there goes the last bit of faith that I had in humanity. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

    More like: "So long, and thanks for all the fish stories"

    ...and people, companies, and governments lie a lot, if not most of the time, the ocean is full of water, the Pope's hat is pretty funny, and bears rarely poop in a toilet.

    If I could go ahead and rate this a "Score:0,Troll" myself, I would.