NY top prosecutor to Internet providers: Prove speed claims

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's attorney general suspects there's little difference between broadband's fast lanes and the slower freight of ordinary Internet access.

In letters to the state's three major Internet providers, the attorney general has asked them to validate claims their customers are getting the access speeds promised, especially for premium services.

The agency said it's concerned that Time Warner, Verizon and Cablevision subscribers might not be getting the speeds advertised. In letters Friday, senior enforcement counsel Tim Wu wrote that the office has authority to subpoena documents and take legal action to stop deceptive business practices, requesting detailed information by Nov. 8.

Wu wrote that the office had two concerns.

The first is that the speeds in the so-called last mile - the wiring closest to subscribers - "may deviate far enough from the speeds advertised to render the advertising deceptive," he wrote.

The second is the quality of connections between the three providers and sites such as Yahoo or Netflix. There have been many consumer complaints, officials said.

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