“Google Inc is rating Internet service providers’ video streaming quality on a new website, the latest development in the fight between broadband providers and content companies over who is to blame for slow streaming speeds,” Marina Lopes reports for Reuters.
“A link to the website appears when videos on Google’s streaming service, YouTube, are slow to buffer,” Lopes reports. “The website quietly launched in May, but recently drew growing publicity.”
“Google rates the Internet service providers based on how quickly billions of hours of YouTube videos watched every month load over 30 days and divides those results by provider and location to determine the quality of performance viewers get 90 percent of the time, the company said,” Lopes reports. “Customers can compare the performance of various Internet service providers in their area through the website.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]