IF YOU can bear to try it out, there’s now a simple test for how slow your internet is.
Netflix has launched a website that measures the speed of your connection, and it’s sure to send some Australians into a spiral of misery.Fast.com allows internet users to quickly and easily check their download speeds in real time.
“We all want a faster, better internet, yet internet speeds vary greatly and can be affected by other users on your network or congestion with your internet service provider,” David Fullagar, vice president of content delivery architecture at Netflix, said in a blog post.
The move is likely to incense Australians, for whom data speed is an increasingly contentious issue, particularly in rural areas.
Gripes about internet services were behind a spike in complaints to the telecommunications ombudsman in the first three months of 2016.
More than 6000 Australians reached out for help over data speeds, connection delays and unusable services, the ombudsman revealed.
Others have simply accepted it or are resorting to desperate measures to get around the issue.
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