As found on Slashdot today:
" 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
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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.
FCC site:
Another article:
Contrary to the negative opinion of the FCC's tests here:
the results I receive match or are in the "same ballpark" of every broadband test service I've used; for example, my FCC results today are here: [85 KB]
and my prior speed test results 1 year ago are here: [58 KB]