- Consumers Can Use the Free App to Test Their Mobile Broadband Speeds and
Participate in the FCC’s National Broadband Map Challenge Process
August 02, 2024
Washington, DC (Highpoint Digest) − On July 23, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the launch of its new Mobile Speed Test app. The new app features an enhanced user interface that makes challenging the accuracy of the provider-reported mobile coverage data even easier.
New features include:
• “Repeated test” functionality allowing users to conduct repeated tests without having to enter and certify information before each individual test. This also allows for
hands-free mobile tests while driving.
• An in-app map overlay displaying the area where a test was taken.
• The ability for users to log into the National Broadband Map to review their speed test results and see them on a map.
“In today’s digital world, a fast and reliable internet connection is essential for everything from education to healthcare to work and staying connected with family and friends,” said Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “Consumers deserve to know where they have mobile coverage and at what speeds and the FCC wants to include their experiences in our effort to create a more precise map of available coverage. Our new app makes it easier to share real-world
experience with connectivity, empowering consumers and making it possible for up-to-date and
crowdsourced information to inform our mapping.”
The new app replaces the original FCC Speed Test
app and is part of the FCC’s Broadband Data
Collection program. It enables users to obtain free,
open, and transparent information about the
performance of their mobile network. Speed test
data from the app help to improve the accuracy of
the mobile coverage information displayed on the
agency’s National Broadband Map
(https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home).
Users can submit their tests to the FCC either as challenges to
provider-reported coverage, or as crowdsource data that is used to inform the Commission’s verification and audit work, as well as other policy decisions.
The updated app is available in both the Google Play Store for Android devices at
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agence3pp.fcc and in the Apple App Store for
iOS devices https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fcc-mobile-speed-test/id6470025404.
Users of the original FCC Speed Test app are receiving an in-app notification inviting them to visit the app store and download the new app. The original FCC Speed Test app is no longer allowing users to run speed tests. The FCC encourages both existing and new users to download the new FCC Mobile Speed Test app to test their mobile broadband service performance and to participate in the mobile broadband challenge process.
More information about the app, including a link to the user guide, can be found at:
https://www.fcc.gov/app
More information on the Broadband Data Collection program can be found at:
https://www.fcc.gov/BroadbandData.
Source: FCC
Image Credit: FCC
