The Federal Communications Commission recently launched a free broadband speed test you can use to check the speed of your Internet conn ection. The test will reveal how fast your connection lets you ...

Think your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is messing with your connection performance? Now you can find out, with Google’s new online tools that will diagnose your network connection. Here’s a quick ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. The Federal ...

With the National Broadband Plan set to be released in a matter of days, the FCC has released online tools that citizens can use to measure the speed of their broadband connection and report "dead ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new open source project to develop the new broadband speed test that will deliver more accurate results for a vastly improved broadband user experience has been ...

The FCC has had it with ISPs. For more than a decade, the agency has relied on ISP reports to get a picture of broadband speeds and availability in the US, and the results have been uniformly terrible ...

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Communications regulator Ofcom is to field-test the mobile broadband performance of five major operators. The regulator has asked broadband test company Epitiro to measure data throughput speeds for 3 ...

Potential throttling of BitTorrent traffic by major ISPs, such as Comcast and AT&T, means that your Internet access could be affected. It's not just the downloading of illegal movies and applications ...

The Federal Communications Commission surprised us all earlier this year when it put forth new net neutrality guidelines that were hugely pro-consumer. Yes, there may be a loophole or two. And yes, ...

In an effort to improve internet access in rural and underserved areas of Santa Rosa County, county staff members are working to promote an online event that will help identify the area's problem ...