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NY Attorney General Wants Public To Report Broadband Speeds (reuters.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-what-you-pay-for dept.

An anonymous reader writes: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating ISP speed and service claims. He's asked consumers to help by testing their broadband speeds and reporting the findings. "New Yorkers should get the Internet speeds they pay for. Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another," Schneiderman said. "By conducting these tests, consumers can uncover whether they are receiving the Internet speeds they have paid for."

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  1. Re:Have Netflix host the speed test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Netflix can't do anything about your shitty Comcast connection. Comcast is already throttling Netflix. However, when you go to other speed test websites, CommieCast caches that stuff and speeds up the network to make it look like you're getting the speeds you're not actually getting...

    So testing from Netflix or some independent no-name website would be more realistic than speedtest.com or any of those other overused and now unreliable speed test sites.

    For instance Linode has test files for testing download speeds:
    https://www.linode.com/speedtest

    They are not on Comcast's radar, so if you wget that from your computer you'll get a better idea of your real speed and not the advertised speed you pay for, but don't get.