Monday, March 9, 2009

March 11-13 Test-the-Test Days

Greetings, Speedsters.

Wednesday March 11th through Friday the 13th, we will be spot-testing to make sure that access to the test site is working properly across the statewide regions....hopefully with enough time to make any adjustments to location specific obstacles such as firewalls or proxy servers. So, click on the link to the speed test in the upper right of this page and run the speed test. Click on the second link to further instructions if you need more info about how to run the speed test.

You can commit your speed test results to the Google map if you want to test the operation of the test. However, we will be mapping results only in the actual speed test period (Mar 30 - Apr 5th), so be sure to add your location specific info then.

If the test works, great. Focus on strategies for encouraging at least 10 people per village or town to check their Internet connection from home or business during the speed test week. Just one test is fine for consistent service speeds. They can test up to 3 different times (day, evening, night) if speed varies widely by time of day).

If the speed test won't work, try to find an approriate person or tech to track down why not. Comment here if you need help in tracking down obstructions to successful testing.