FCC's Broadcast Test Not Received with Interest

FCC's Broadcast Test Not Received with Interest

The Federal Communication Commission's Consumer Broadband Test was not received with interest because of the fact that it's not what expected. The FCC launched an IT service that gives IT connectivity users the possibility to "test the broadband service they receive form their IT services provider and report areas where broadband is not available." The testing program is available on the Broadband.gov Web site.

In order to benefit from this test, consumers have to list the address they're accessing the Web from. The problem is that because of the fact that the test is rather simplistic, criticism was on the agenda. The co-founder of the People for Internet Responsibility advocacy organization, Lauren Weinstein, said that "As anyone who uses speed tests is aware, the location of servers used for these tests will dramatically affect results. The ability of the server infrastructure can be quite limited depending on the ISPs' own network topologies."