Internet Providers Hit a Speed Trap

Consumers shopping around for high-speed Internet service have two questions: How much, and how fast?The first part is easily answered, and there’s a reminder with every monthly bill. To answer the second, service providers loudly promote their download speeds. But it’s tough for consumers to know just how high-speed that Internet access really is.Government regulators in several countries are on speed patrol, though, and they have discovered that providers’ performance often fails to match their ads. For consumers, that could mean more time spent waiting for video to buffer, for photos to load, and for online games to continue.To read this Wall Street Journal report in full, see:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203413304577088332871541336.html

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.