Netflix launches Fast.com, a dead simple way to test your Internet speed

Now that watching video is one of biggest uses of the web, the speed of your connection has never been more important. 

To that end, Netflix, one of the primary sources of what the entertainment industry calls over the top (OTT) content, launched a tool on Wednesday that lets you test your Internet speed.

This isn't any old website. The company cleverly managed to snag the most appropriate domain out there: Fast.com. That's one of the best domain names — for any service — you could possibly have. 

No technical knowledge is needed. Simply visit Fast.com and the site immediately starts calculating what your current Internet download speed is Read more...