How fast is my High Speed Connection?

I've been following several articles about the Governments plan to make high speed internet available to everyone. This is going to be another health care plan when it comes to special interest groups and providers. Who is going to get the benifit from the plan, hopefuly us the consumers. As an option, start early and communicate often that you and your neighbors want to be able to have internet service that is current and capable of the high speeds that today's internet use requires.

Along with the articles is another tool that the government has provided to allow them to gather some information about the average speed of the internet across the country. You can give it a try. It provides a test of your connection speeds that is non-biased. You might already have a "speed test" from your internet service provider, give that one a try and then try this one. National Broadband.gov provides a speed test. Just look near the middle of the page and you will find a Consumer Broadband Test. Click on Test my Broadband Now to start the test.

When you access the test, it will ask you for your street address and zip code, this will provide statistical information only. You can also report that fact that you don't have broadband internet through the "Dead Zone" link.

As Always, Safe Surfing,

Darrell