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Google Tools Will Tell You If Your ISP Is Slowing Down Your Connection
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by mtippett | June 23, 2008 at 08:23 pm
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I got frustrated tonight because I was trying to check out some hiking trails using Google Earth and the high res images weren't loading like they usually do. Ordinarily I would suspect it was just my wifi connection or some random event in the stratosphere that thwarted my efforts. But with all the talk these days about net neutrality I thought I'd see if anyone was working on a tool to tell me if it was my ISP throttling me. It turns out that Google is doing just that.
Richard Whitt, says that they're cooking up software that'll tell you if your ISP is screwing with or slowing down your connection because you're hogging too much bandwidth, and what exactly they're doing to it.
I as a consumer, anxiously await its arrival. It'll be interesting to see how this one shapes up. The carriers need be careful because if they're going to get into a fight with Google they'll probably lose. If I were them I'd just drop the whole thing and concentrate on trying to make money elsewhere.
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at 20:33 on June 23rd, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff. Yeah, I have the same issue with Google, I want it accurate and I want it close up, close enough to pick out details. Is that too much to ask for?
at 01:58 on June 24th, 2008
mtippett,
Google tools are awesome. Google alerts can be your most powerful news reporting tool if used correctly. I'll see if I can post in the forums and I'll start a post about it.
I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:21 on June 24th, 2008
are social networking sites flooding the Internet market.
at 06:25 on June 24th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 10:57 on June 24th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 12:57 on June 24th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff. Band width vs. price. If I am slowed down by the carrier I should be compensated for such. If I am not using my full band width, I would be interested in selling it back to the carrier. Non of this, use it or lose it stuff.
at 14:41 on June 24th, 2008
That is a brilliant idea.
at 14:52 on June 24th, 2008
Wow, Politisite, as Mike Says, Brilliant, I tried that with my cablevision, internet and phone company which is shaw, a break in the line last year left me without these serivces which Shaw were paid to provide, I was without for almost 2 weeks., I bitched and got a month free service, so I guess if you dont ask , you dont get!