The FCC said Feb. 17, 2012, that it is looking for consumers from around the country to volunteer for its second round of testing to measure broadband performance throughout the United States. This ...

Over the next few blog posts, we will cover some of the basic principles of testing the performance of the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) physical layer. Each set of DSL transceivers operates over a ...

High bandwidth is key to rapid Internet data transfer. For Internet users, digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies provide the speed needed to make web browsing truly interactive instead of merely ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Verizon ...

Steven Bieser, Engineering Manager, DSL Business Unit, Texas Instruments, San Jose, Calif., Ran Senderovitz, System Development Manager, Cable Broadband ...

The Federal Communications Commission recently launched a free broadband speed test you can use to check the speed of your Internet conn ection. The test will reveal how fast your connection lets you ...

The FCC is embarking on a project to determine actual broadband speeds and see if broadband providers are actually delivering what they advertise. As the FCC sets out to expand and modernize broadband ...

Communications regulator Ofcom is to field-test the mobile broadband performance of five major operators. The regulator has asked broadband test company Epitiro to measure data throughput speeds for 3 ...

The cable broadband giant -- available to millions of customers across 41 states -- held the top spot in Ookla's latest speed test report. Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His ...

Verizon Communications is testing a new service that more than doubles the download speeds on its digital subscriber line service. The trial, which is open only to selected residential customers, ...