Re: FCC releases Internet speed test tool

[Fred Baker <fred () cisco com>]

I could imagine that the FCC sees it as a data source.

On Mar 12, 2010, at 6:34 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010, Joe Greco wrote:
> > I've gotten strange stuff each time I've tried their tests.  I
> > particularly like the factor of 10 difference in upload speeds.
>
> The FCC is probably doing this because US providers generally don't release actual bandwidth, speeds or latency 
> numbers their consumer
> customers get.  Advertised numbers often don't mean anything.  If
> providers want to release better data, it might help the FCC understand
> the current environment.
>
> Some US providers have published data for their business customer connections and backbones.

http://www.ipinc.net/IPv4.GIF