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Google To Develop ISP Throttling Detector

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  • 14-06-2008 10:08pm
    #1
    Prisoner6409
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭


    Google has been known for its positive stance for net neutrality. Now, Richard Whitt--Senior Policy Director for Google--announces that Google will take an even more active role in the debate by arming consumers with the tools to determine first-hand if their broadband connections are being monkeyed with by their ISPs...


    Link Here:

    http://www.hothardware.com/News/Google_To_Develop_ISP_Throttling_Detector/


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    #2
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,560 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    i don't need a google app to tell if my isp is throttling me.

    even if you are being throttled and this program tells ya so, what can ya do about it?


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    --SmItHy--
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭--SmItHy--


    absolutly fukin nothing thats what!!


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    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    Cremo wrote: »
    i don't need a google app to tell if my isp is throttling me.

    even if you are being throttled and this program tells ya so, what can ya do about it?

    It would make people more informed before getting it in the first place I would think. There is a stickied thread in this section about UPC throttling torrents but generally most people who get cable off them wouldn't know that they sometimes throttle them. If everyone had access to a reliable throttle detector consumers would generally know who throttles and who doesn't through word of mouth.


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    barnicles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭barnicles


    Cremo wrote: »
    i don't need a google app to tell if my isp is throttling me.

    even if you are being throttled and this program tells ya so, what can ya do about it?

    What isp you on , Cremo?


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    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    also if you are on a service for a few months without issue or throttling and they suddenly start to throttle it could be seen as a reduction in service and would be grounds for getting out of contract and the stats from the google detector would back your case


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    Maximilian
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 5,400 Mod ✭✭✭✭Maximilian


    Cremo wrote: »
    i don't need a google app to tell if my isp is throttling me.

    even if you are being throttled and this program tells ya so, what can ya do about it?



    Well when I first had a problem with throttling, I hadn't a clue what was going on. A tool like that would have helped. The publicity this generates also brings the issue to the attention of a lot of people who wouldn't know the first thing about it. Its a good thing.

    Maybe one person can't do anything about it but a lot of people all complaining can.


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