Netflix launches Fast.com, a tool to measure your Internet speed - CNET

Got a need for speed? Netflix feels your pain, Mav.

That's why the video-streaming service on Wednesday aounced the launch of Fast.com, a free website that measures how fast (or slow) your mobile or broadband coection is. Similar to other speed measurement tools available on the Inteet, Fast.com uses Netflix's own servers to measure your personal Inteet coection, whether you are at home or on the go, regardless of which country you happen to be in.

"We all want a faster, better Inteet, yet Inteet speeds vary greatly and can be affected by other users on your network or congestion with your Inteet service provider," David Fullagar, vice president of content delivery architecture, wrote in a blog post. "Like the cellular data controls we recently introduced, Fast.com is another tool consumers can use for greater insight and control of their Inteet service."

The tool's launch comes a couple of months after the popular streaming-video service admitted it had been slowing its video transmission on wireless carriers around the world, including Verizon and AT&T, for the last five years to "protect consumers from exceeding mobile data caps."