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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. Have Netflix host the speed test by SirKron · · Score: 4, Interesting

    To stop ISP's from cheating have Netflix host the speed test.

  2. Speed tests don't always indicate performance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Personally, I have paid for 50mb+ pipe. When doing large downloads, what I see is ~5 seconds of 50-55mbit, 25-30 seconds of precisely 12mbit, repeat. Its pretty clear that what my ISP is doing is hard throttling me at 12mbit most of the time and allow brief spikes of full speed traffic.

    This includes when I'm doing downloads at 4am when there is no traffic on the network.

    But any time I run a speed test I get the full 50+ mbit result that I'm paying for.