Broadband is the fourth essential utility service, alongside electricity, gas, and water. It’s essential because increasingly the services we need rely on broadband to function. If you want to check ...

The Federal Communications Commission has launched an app that allows consumers to test broadband speed to check the accuracy of their provider's mobile coverage range. The Mobile Speed Test app, ...

Testing your internet connection’s performance is even more important with millions of extra workers working from home. You don’t need any extra software—a web ...

Netflix has launched fast.com, an ad-free mobile and broadband speed test to inform users how slow or fast their connection really is. It's in Netflix's interest that its users have decent broadband ...

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The FCC is embarking on a project to determine actual broadband speeds and see if broadband providers are actually delivering what they advertise. As the FCC sets out to expand and modernize broadband ...

Although some internet providers offer broadband download speeds well over 1,000 Mbps, not everyone needs such blistering speeds. Depending on your household, and the number of connected devices, you ...

The UK advertising watchdog has ordered TalkTalk to change the presentation of its broadband speed-checking tool, as it had been misleading customers into thinking their connections were faster than ...

High-speed internet in 2025 is defined by download speeds of at least 100 Mbps, with some fiber plans reaching 8 Gbps. Top providers like Google Fiber and AT&T offer symmetrical fiber speeds, while ...

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