The feds are asking Interior Alaskans to take five minutes in the next three days to time their internet speed on mobile devices. It is part of a program looking for places where there is no internet available or where the connectivity is poor.
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Getting Connected to Broadband
In today’s world, it is critical that families and businesses across the country have access to broadband. As work, education, healthcare, and many other activities have moved online, broadband is no longer nice to have. It’s need to have for everyone.
In order to better determine where high speed internet services are currently unavailable, we need precise, accurate, and up-to-date broadband mapping data.
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force is developing the necessary tools to gather this information. This is a complex, data-driven effort that will involve building new systems, process, and supporting materials.
April 13th 2021 4:52 pm
The Federal Communications Commission has a new speed test app, an official way to test out the speeds of your mobile and in-home broadband networks.
But there s a better reason to use it: All the results will go straight to the FCC, giving them the data they need to build equitable internet policies across the nation.
The app s available on Android and iOS. Try it out today, and you ll help the FCC build a better broadband network across the US an increasingly essential service in our interconnected, remotely-working society.
What it does
The speed test app helps users measure internet speeds in the US. You can analyze your connectivity across five categories: Download, upload, latency, jitter, and packet loss.