The FCC Helped AT&T Hide Its Crappy Broadband Speeds

The FCC Helped AT&T Hide Its Crappy Broadband Speeds

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191212/11543543567/fcc-helped-att-hide-crappy-broadband-speeds.shtml

Unless you're in fairly stark denial, it's clear the Trump Federal Communications Commision has been a rubber stamp for the every fleeting whim of the telecom sector, be it the agency's decision to effectively neuter itself at telecom lobbyist behest, or the attack on net neutrality rules with widespread bipartisan support. But such revolving door regulation has more subtle casualties, as well. The Wall Street Journal this week for example offered up an interesting deep dive into how ISPs successfully pressure the FCC to ignore slower broadband speed test data when analyzing whether ISPs are delivering the speeds they promise:

"AT&T Inc. was dismayed at its report card from a government test measuring internet speeds. So the telecom giant sought to change its grade.