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    {"title" :"FCC\u0026#8217;s Speed Test App","summary" : "Feeling the need for [more] speed? Well, so is the mobile team at the Federal Communications Commission. As part of the agency’s Measuring Broadband America Program, the FCC is looking to the crowd (that means you!) to help them assess America’s mobile broadband performance on a national scale. Their hope is","date" : "2014-01-02T13:39:35-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/01/2014-01-02-fccs-speed-test-app.md","slug" : "fccs-speed-test-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/01/02/fccs-speed-test-app/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/01/FCC-Speed-Test-Android-Apps-on-Google-Play-2013-12-12-16-31-27.jpg\"\n    alt=\"FCC-Speed-Test-Android-Apps-on-Google-Play-2013-12-12-16-31-27\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeeling the need for [more] speed?\u003c/strong\u003e Well, so is the mobile team at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fcc.gov/\"\u003eFederal Communications Commission\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of the agency’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fcc.gov/measuring-broadband-america\"\u003eMeasuring Broadband America Program\u003c/a\u003e, the FCC is looking to the crowd (that means you!) to help them assess America’s mobile broadband performance on a national scale. Their hope is to use the data they collect anonymously through their new \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samknows.fcc\"\u003eFCC Speed Test app\u003c/a\u003e—Android-only for now—to create a detailed picture that could improve both the cellular and WIFI speeds you experience on your mobile device. And don’t worry: No personally identifiable data is collected.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOW IT WORKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter you \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samknows.fcc\"\u003edownload the app\u003c/a\u003e onto your phone, tablet or other Android device, FCC Speed Test needs to activated by a simple click under the menu. Once activated, a configuration file schedules the speed tests. There are also options for data transfer limits (a “Mobile Data Cap,” depending on what kind of data plan you have) and a choice of location services (“Mobile Network”) the app uses to optimize your battery power. You’ll be able to see the details of a particular or most recent test by just swiping to the left of your screen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA forthcoming website coming out later this year will allow you to view the results of the test and download the data. (The app was created with open source software, so you can see the code too!)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo get started, download the \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samknows.fcc\"\u003eSpeed Test App\u003c/a\u003e for your Android device and browse FCC’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fcc.gov/guides/mobile-speed-test-tip-sheet\"\u003ehelpful tip sheet\u003c/a\u003e with all the essential information you need to know.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGet more potentially life-enhancing government apps by running your fingers on over to the \u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/\"\u003eUSA.gov Apps Gallery\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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