Emboldened by its recent legal victory over net bully Comcast, the San Francisco based digital right defence organisation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched a throttling detection tool aptly dubbed the “Switzerland Network Testing Tool” (Switzerland = neutrality). The software immediately lets users know if their ISP is throttling downloads, cutting VoIP calls or otherwise tampering with the unlimited, neutral broadband connection they are paying for. Read more.
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Lahiruwan
Certainly a good tool to have in LK too as our unethical ISPs could resort to throttling to cover up their unwillingness to pay for fast connections from LK.
Wonder if it could detect an unofficial FUP now that their official (un)Fair Usage Policy has suffered a quick death.