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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[The wireless internet revolution is slowly approaching. Before planning comes statistic compilation. Once all said date has been compiled, the true wonders of free WiFi nation wide may be just around the corner. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jared]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 12th 2010 11:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thats hilarious I can't get on the broadban.gov site.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bkand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 12th 2010 5:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lovely test but for the more than the average Joe or Jane, do they have a clue what these speeds mean?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gomobile]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 12th 2010 6:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have no idea what these numbers mean but I ran the test 3 times on each of the 2 services they offer and got what I consider to be very different numbers between services and somewhat different numbers between tests on the same service. In essence it doesn't seem to be very helpful for a person with limited knowledge. I imagine that people who understand these numbers better may already have a good idea of what kind of speed they have already.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[willow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 12:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[OK, maybe this is a bit paranoid, but why does the FCC want my address to run an ISP speed test?? McAfee, C-NET and several others have been offering an internet speedometer for years and they don't ask for this info. I've glanced at the FCC "privacy policy" statement and it states that they won't release ISP info or IP address info except to some companies that supposedly have something to do with the test. Those companies, however, CAN release this info. Sorry, Uncle Sam, but you've already got more information about me than I would care to voluntarily divulge. Hell, they'll probably track me down anyway by following this post.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pulsefire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 12th 2010 8:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not paranoid at all—this can be done without street address given, also free, by other services—search for “broadband speed test”.  I was going to do it until I hit that registration screen and read the privacy policy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally G]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 7:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[this article and its links make me nervous i didnt click on any of them]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 10:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[i use a speed test all the time and for free @ <a href="http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/" rel="nofollow">http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/</a> and it has different areas to choose from it works great!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[harry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 12th 2010 9:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Harry..........r u sure this works & safe. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[joannechristie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 5:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I got news for you! Their tracking you and storing the info....READ the privacy statement!! Ask yourself WHY do they need this info??? big brother jerks.<br><br>The FCC is collecting and storing street addresses, IP addresses, and broadband performance information through these speed tests. (The FCC is not collecting email addresses through these speed tests.) The street addresses will not be released, disclosed to the public, or shared with any outside entities, including Ookla and M-Lab, except in the limited circumstances... bla bla bla]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 12th 2010 11:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[They need your address so they can compile a map of where the dead spots are and what kind of speeds you get where. Think the AT&T vs Verizon maps, they're going to do something similar and use it as a push to get broadband for everyone. If they wanted our information that bad I seriously doubt they'd ask for it. Remember, this is the government you're talking about. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mannyftw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 13th 2010 1:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[www.speedtest.net]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 13th 2010 12:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[iv got comcast an it sucks]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronb247bin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 9:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[when the gov't goes socialist get rid of your computers]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[balugablue21]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 9:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[hmmm..seems that my ISP is lying to me, I get alot more then what I pay for!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 10:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[ok, so now what do I do with it?  These numbers don't mean anything to someone like me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 10:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Is Your ISP Lying? FCC Offers Tools to Test Surfing Speed]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/12/is-your-isp-lying-fcc-to-offer-tools-to-test-surfing-speed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well it's all a jip either way you look at it. Because we'd have to pay a ton, for dsl etc. .Where I live . We've kept using dial-up. Had alot of friends claim that my connection was faster than theirs. I get internet for cheaper than they do. ISP lowered the cost on dial-up. All I do online is chat and play poker.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 11:16AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
