Nick Feamster, assistant professor at Georgia Tech's College of
Computing and researcher at the Georgia Tech Information Security Center
offers his expertise on the Epislon data breach and what users and
custodians can do to protect their data.Com
August 1, 2011
When it comes to broadband speeds, U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs) largely deliver on their promises, says a report issued today by the Federal Communications Commission, but “throughput” is only one of several metrics listed in the report that affect network performance. ISPs should provide a broadband “nutrition label”—easy-to-understand information about service-limiting factors—and users need better ways of measuring the performance their ISPs are delivering, concludes a study from the Georgia Tech College of Computing.
