FCC testing finds fastest broadband speeds in D.C., N.Y. areas

Already, 150,000 people have taken the Federal Communications Commission's broadband speed test and the results so far show that the fastest download and upload speeds are in the Washington and New York areas.

Now, this isn't an exact science and many critics have called out the FCC's broadband test applications for widely varying results between two services that provide the upload and download tests. The FCC said in a blog post Wednesday that it plans to broaden its testing technology, beyond the service offered by Ookla and M-Lab (run by Google).

"The two applications are among the most popular on the Internet and the FCC hopes to make available additional testing platforms in the future," wrote Jordan Usdan, a lawyer and an adviser for the FCC's Broadband Task Force.

Because the test is voluntary, it's difficult to get an accurate picture of speeds in certain areas.

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