Why is my internet slow?: Making network speeds visible

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1889-1898

  Chetty, Marshini ^a   Haslem, David ^b   Baird, Andrew ^c   Ofoha, Ugochi ^a   Sumner, Bethany ^a   Grinter, Rebecca E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Orange Sparkle Ball   (United States)

^c AMAZON   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband speed; Broadband tools; Home networks

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; HOME NETWORKS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND ADOPTION; BROADBAND SOURCES; BROADBAND SPEED; BROADBAND TOOL; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; FIELD TRIAL; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; NETWORK SPEED; OPTIMAL SPEED; SLOW SPEED;

SPEED;

EID: 79958096343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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