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The FCC is asking the nation’s broadband and smartphone users to use their broadband testing tools to help the feds and consumers know what speeds are actually available, not just promised by ...
The FCC has launched its own speed test app to better understand the US internet landscape. Download the FCC Speed Test app here.
As the FCC explained in a press release this week, the app is being used to collect speed test data as part of the Measuring Broadband America program, and beyond showing you how fast your home ...
The FCC has had a speed test app since 2013, but under Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel it's asking that more Americans download and use the software.
The original FCC Speed Test app is no longer allowing users to run speed tests. The FCC encourages both existing and new users to download the new FCC Mobile Speed Test app to test their mobile ...
The agency wants more people using its speed test app to help improve its flawed broadband maps.
The Federal Communications Commission is encouraging folks to use its internet speed test app, available for free across the country to anyone with an ...
Responding to a Tribune investigation that found some popular cellphone models measured above federal limits for radiofrequency radiation, the Federal Communications Commission said this week that … ...
Last week, the FCC went a step further, rolling out tools for Android, the iPhone, and the Web that enable users to test—and, crucially, to report—their broadband speeds.
Local tests of Wireless Emergency Alerts will be held in September. The FCC says it is working with several dozen state and local government agencies to assess the tests’ accuracy, and it is asking ...