Washington Wants 10,000 Web Surfers

Washington Wants 10,000 Web Surfers 147

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @10:38PM from the you-only-have-to-wire-money-to-this-account dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "This one sounds too good to be true: surf the Web, and you'll be helping the government. The FCC is looking for 10,000 volunteers to take part in a study to determine if broadband providers are really providing Internet connections that are as fast as advertised. The broad look at broadband will involve special equipment installed in homes across the country to measure Internet connections and compare them to advertised speeds." Here's where to go to apply.

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Re:Before anyone asks... (Score:4, Funny)

by toleraen ( 831634 ) writes: on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @10:51PM (#32427202)

Because the FCC says so! [testmyisp.com] They've never lied to anyone, right?

Re:"Washington" is a US State (Score:4, Funny)

by iammani ( 1392285 ) writes: on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @10:59PM (#32427254)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington [wikipedia.org]

Re:Before anyone asks... (Score:3, Funny)

by beakerMeep ( 716990 ) writes: on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @11:04PM (#32427280)

They hired the Google Street View team to code the drivers.

Re:The Government? (Score:1, Funny)

by stms ( 1132653 ) writes: on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @11:21PM (#32427378)

If you worried about the *IAA I don't think this service is for you ;).

Re:Too good to be true? (Score:3, Funny)

by muridae ( 966931 ) writes: on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @11:23PM (#32427390)

The re-captcha I got when looking at the signup sheet was "that narcs". While not being paranoid about helping the government, this detail does give me pause.

Re:Before anyone asks... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:05AM (#32427658)

I also imagine some Canadians would appreciate you changing or removing your sig.
Why? They're sorry he's Canadian too.

Re:Seriously /.? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @02:17AM (#32428420)

And before anyone asks, yes I am new here.
...then how did you know to say that?

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