This new app can see if your cell phone provider is 'throttling' internet speeds

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This new app can see if your cell phone provider is 'throttling' internet speeds
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'Throttling' is legal if it’s spelled out in the fine print of your cell phone contract, but not if you have unlimited data.

A new app launched by the Federal Communications Commission lets you test the speed of your cell phone provider’s broadband access. According to the FCC, the new Mobile Speed Test app replaces the older FCC Speed Test app.

Users can submit their tests to the FCC either as challenges to provider-reported coverage, or as crowdsource data that is used to inform the FCC’s work and policy decisions. The app is one way to help track whether cell service providers are "throttling" data speeds to conserve companies’ bandwidth.

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