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The FCC released a speed...

The FCC released a speed test for iPhones available in the iTunes App Store, said an agency news release (http://bit.ly/1fIf5yL). The commission released an app for Android phones in November. “Unlike the Android app, the iOS app cannot run periodically…

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in the background,” the FCC said. “However, volunteers can test their cellular and Wi-Fi network performance manually to receive an on-demand view of upload and download speed, latency, and packet loss. No personal or uniquely identifiable information is collected. The data collected by the app is useful in informing users regarding their own performance and also supports the Commission’s open broadband data program, contributing to the information made freely available to the public on the nation’s mobile broadband performance in reports, maps, datasets and other forms.”