[LINK] Net firms quizzed on speed limits - BBC News

[Sylvano]

We've all seen the distance-from-exchange charts....  

The lead and the penultimate paragrahs from the BBC report at:

  Net firms quizzed on speed limits
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7037278.stm

"Bosses at six of the UK's top net providers are being asked to explain why consumers do not get the broadband speeds firms advertise."

"In mid-September, Computeractive magazine revealed a survey which showed that 62% of the 3,000 readers who carried out speed tests got less than half the top broadband speed advertised by their provider."

It probably should be like grocery products, where the thing you buy has an advertised minimum net weight, and if it's less you return it and get a pallette back with an apology letter ;-) 

Is anyone aware of any similar survey in Australia?

 Sylvano

 Gnomon Publishing
 http://www.gnomon.com.au/

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