FCC Urges Americans To Run Internet Speed App To Counter Broadband Data Fudging

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FCC Urges Americans To Run Internet Speed App To Counter Broadband Data Fudging

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My WiFi is the bottleneck (Score:2)

by pdkrocul ( 734752 ) writes:

It's Android or iOS only. So, it's limited by my WiFi speed. My cable modem, and my wired infrastructure is faster.
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  by pdkrocul ( 734752 ) writes:
  
  I just read the FAQ. It's only supposed to test cellular mobile broadband, not home ISP service. My mistake.
  - Re:My WiFi is the bottleneck (Score:2)
    
    by chispito ( 1870390 ) writes: on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @09:32AM (#61271850)
    
    I just read the FAQ. It's only supposed to test cellular mobile broadband, not home ISP service. My mistake.
    I made the same mistake. [slashdot.org] This time the summary is even more misleading that this is apparently only about wireless carriers. My thought was: we have gigabit fiber. How is an android app going to accurately measure that?
    
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