When you hear a politician, a lobbying group, or a corporate executive yammering on about leaving the free market alone, don’t fall for it. Many businesses today are built around finding that industry ...

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. The Federal ...

The Federal Communications Commission surprised us all earlier this year when it put forth new net neutrality guidelines that were hugely pro-consumer. Yes, there may be a loophole or two. And yes, ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added tools to the Broadband.gov Web site to help users measure their broadband speeds or to report that they do not have broadband available. The FCC ...

Think your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is messing with your connection performance? Now you can find out, with Google’s new online tools that will diagnose your network connection. Here’s a quick ...

Feel like your broadband’s not living up to how it’s advertised? Here’s your chance to prove it: the FCC’s introduced a Consumer Broadband Test that’ll let you know exactly how good a connection ...

How to use our broadband speed checker What do the broadband speed test results show? What you can do if your broadband speeds are slow Shop around for the best broadband deal Which are the best ...

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 ...

Test your broadband connection speed. Our speedtest works on the vast majority of web browsers and devices, including computers, tablets, phones and games consoles. If you are experiencing ...

— -- Think your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is messing with your connection performance? Now you can find out, with Google's new online tools that will diagnose your network connection.