Miami Web Design » Measurement Lab http://miami-web-design.net Miami Web Design Company Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:30:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Measurement Lab Checks if Your Connection is Being Throttled http://miami-web-design.net/2009/01/29/measurement-lab-checks-if-your-connection-is-being-throttled/ http://miami-web-design.net/2009/01/29/measurement-lab-checks-if-your-connection-is-being-throttled/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:00:42 +0000 miamiwebdesign http://miami-web-design.net/?p=173 Bandwidth throttling is a method of ensuring a bandwidth intensive device, such as a server, will limit (“throttle”) the quantity of data it transmits and/or accepts within a specified period of time.

For ISP’s, bandwidth throttling can be used to limit users’ speeds across certain applications or limit upload speeds.

Google has opened up a free set of web tools to help determine if their you connection is blocking or limiting your bandwidth, called Measurement Lab (M-Lab).
Read more about M-Lab.

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