One in Five Americans Know How Fast Their Broadband Is, With Women Most Clueless
In March, industry analysts from Forrester Research found that only 41-percent of all Web-surfing Americans know the exact speed of their broadband connection. While that figure may seem low to some, it wasn't that surprising, given the fact that determining connection speeds is an inexact science at best. But a new survey from the FCC shows confirms only about one in five American users know just ...
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For the better part of the last decade, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has maintained a relatively laissez-faire approach to the Internet. In recent years, though, Internet titans like Google and Amazon have more vocally implored the FCC to implement hard regulation requiring broadband providers to guarantee access to all Web sites. Now, FCC Chairman Julius Genchowski is ...









