FCC measures US wireline advertised broadband speeds, fiber dominates cable and DSL

Ever ponder whether the speeds your ISP advertises are literally what you’re getting while reloading Engadget all day? The FCC did, and decided to team up with 13 major broadband providers inside the US to check how they performed from February to June of this year. Notably, during peak hours the typical continuous download speeds of fiber connections were 14 percent faster than advertised, while cable and DSL were slower than claimed by 8 and 18 percent, respectively. Upload speeds also varied, with DSL again dipping the bottom at 95-percent of what is advertised — possibly time to invite your phone-based ISP for a partial refund, no? As well as sustained speeds, the FCC analyzed consumer connections’ latency and the effect of ISP speed boost tech on activities like VoIP, gaming, and video streaming.

In concluding its research, the Commission noted that it will be easy to get tools in users’ hands for keeping better tabs on ISP-provided services, while not having to contact customer frustrations relations. The study is chock choked with much more graphs and stats, which you’ll be able to find by hitting that source link below. Now, if only shall we get those speeds on par with our friends around the Atlantic .

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