If a user agrees to share their contact information, speed tests performed over a mobile (3G, 4G or 5G) connection can be automatically submitted to the FCC, helping verify the accuracy of the mobile broadband coverage maps filed by providers.

Test Your Connection: A speed test can be performed from the App to measure the performance of a mobile or Wi-Fi connection.

Q: What tests will the new version of the App perform?Ī: The FCC Speed Test App can perform tests in two different modes: Users of the App can also continue to test the performance of a mobile or Wi-Fi connection without sharing any information with the FCC or their wireless provider. If users choose not to challenge their provider’s coverage, their mobile speed test results can be used more generally to help the FCC verify the mobile broadband coverage maps that providers file with the FCC. The App now also allows consumers to dispute mobile coverage and speeds reported by providers to the FCC and published on the National Broadband Map. Q: What is new about the FCC Speed Test App?Ī: Since its launch in 2013, the FCC Speed Test App has enabled users to obtain free, open, and transparent information about the performance of their wireless networks. Mobile providers must demonstrate that the challenged areas are covered by submitting their own supplemental data., or remove the disputed areas from their coverage maps. These tests will be combined with other speed tests to create disputed areas subject to challenge (referred to by the FCC as “cognizable” challenges).

Users who believe that the mobile coverage or speeds shown on the map are inaccurate can submit Challenge Speed Tests from the app. Information submitted to the FCC by the App helps to verify the accuracy and reliability of the mobile broadband coverage data that providers report on the FCC’s National Broadband Map. Downloading the App and taking speed tests, will contribute to a more accurate view of mobile broadband internet coverage across America, as measured from mobile devices.īy taking speed tests with the FCC Speed Test App, you can obtain information about the performance of your Wi-Fi or mobile wireless internet connection.

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