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Website aims to speed up US broadband availability

2 January 2008

Could a wiki-style website speed up broadband access in the US?

Because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) releases little information on the availability and quality of existing services, it’s hard to know where to start, although the US government has a to increase access to broadband.

To tackle the problem, analyst Drew Clark of Washington DC will launch later this month. People will enter where they live, the price of their service and how happy they are with it. Eventually, a speed test will measure connection quality.

Awaiting a vote in the Senate, the

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