Thursday, February 9th, 2012 4:52 am

FCC: Speed test tool collects data

Washington, DC (ip-192.com): The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a new broadband speed test tool. The tool is available at www.broadband.gov and allows consumers and businesses to compare advertised and actual speeds of their broadband Internet connection. Before being able to test the speed, users have to provide a valid personal or business address. [...]

Google to compete with AT&T, Verizon

Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Google is on its way to become an ISP and offer super-fast Internet access. In a post on its corporate blog, the search and advertising giant said it plans to build and test a high-speed fiber-optic broadband network capable of allowing people to surf the Web at 100 times the speed of [...]