Rural Broadband Simulator

This extension will simulate a slow internet connection.

What is Rural Broadband Simulator?

Rural Broadband Simulator is a Chrome extension that simulates a slow internet connection, allowing users to experience the effects of inadequate rural broadband speeds. It helps demonstrate the impact of including mobile broadband as 'adequate broadband' according to FCC standards.

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By: Griffith Baker

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Users: 32 ▲ 3

Rating: 5.00 (2)

Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2019-01-23)

Creation date: 2019-01-22

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

debugger
tabs
<all_urls>
storage

Size: 908.29K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 88001 ▲ 1622

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#4308 in Just for Fun ▲ 38

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Summary

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The FCC recently filed a "notice of proposed rulemaking" to include mobile broadband in the broadband standard, increasing the amount of rural area served but effectively lowering the minimum broadband speed to 10 Mbps/1 Mbps from its original 25 Mbps/3 Mbps. To demonstrate the possible impact of allowing mobile broadband to serve as "adequate broadband," this extension will help simulate a slow (rural) internet connection.

Check out the source code on GitHub: https://github.com/PostsDesert/RuralBroadbandSimulator

User reviews

It works!

Edwin Luthfi Saputra, 2023-03-06

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Safety

Risk impact

Rural Broadband Simulator is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.