Slow Internet: Glitch or Malicious Interference?
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 14:35
in Mathematics & Economics
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a rights advocacy group based in San Francisco, released a software program last week that lets you track whether your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is purposefully making your connection run slower. Called Switzerland, the software monitors packet forgery, a technique by which ISPs add overhead to your broadband line. read more