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EFF Releases New Tool for Internet Users to Test ISP Interference

By CircleID Reporter
  • August 01, 2008, 9:36 pm PDT
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In light of today’s FCC ruling against Comcast, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a software tool dubbed, “Switzerland,” for internet users to check ISP interference of their connections.

Fred von Lohmann, EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney says: “The sad truth is that the FCC is ill-equipped to detect ISPs interfering with your Internet connection. It’s up to concerned Internet users to investigate possible network neutrality violations, and EFF’s Switzerland software is designed to help with that effort. Comcast isn’t the first, and certainly won’t be the last, ISP to meddle surreptitiously with its subscribers’ Internet communications for its own benefit.”

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