Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[FCC comes through with a Consumer Broadband Test app for iPhone, Android and the home]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/fcc-comes-through-with-a-consumer-broadband-test-app-for-iphone-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/fcc-comes-through-with-a-consumer-broadband-test-app-for-iphone-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/fcc-comes-through-with-a-consumer-broadband-test-app-for-iphone-a/#comments We talk about the FCC a lot here, but usually the ways ye olde Commission affects our lives are indirect. A little extra spectrum here, a nice leaked image there, that kind of thing. Not this time, though, as the FCC is getting involved directly with its own Consumer Broadband Test app, designed to probe network latencies and download speeds on your home connection or mobile device. Part of the hallowed National Broadband Plan, this will furnish the FCC will useful data to show the discrepancy between advertised and real world broadband speeds, and will also -- more importantly perhaps -- serve as a neat way for users to directly compare network performance in particular areas. It's available on the App Market and App Store right now, with versions for other operating systems coming up, so why not get with the program and give it a test drive?

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