Report: Major ISPs colluded with FCC to lie about their internet speeds

(SALON) If you chose an internet-service provider based on their official internet speed scores published by the Federal Communications Commission, you have have been lied to.

According to a new report in the Wall Street Journal, AT&T, Cox, Comcast and other telecom giants pressed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to remove unfavorable data on their speed tests to improve their scores. The FCC has an ongoing research initiative called Measuring Broadband America which is meant to hold internet service providers accountable for their promised internet speeds by gathering "independent" data.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the FCC uses data from a month or two in the fall to produce the report. The FCC and SamKnows, a company that measures internet performance, alert the internet providers the dates of when the tests will be done and sends them lists of testers' names so they can confirm the internet packages. The relationship and process, according to the report, allows the companies to make targeted upgrades and improve service for the households being tested, thus manipulating the results.

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