Schneiderman isn't just focused on the advertised speeds, but also on the interconnection arrangements that enable ISPs to share data with each other. It could be that while firms are happy to maintain speedy services between homes and their servers, they're less excited about ensuring good service further down the chain.

Two of the three named companies have already issued statements saying that they're not short-changing their customers. Time Warner told reporters that its conscience was clear, while Cablevision boasts that its service is faster than the speeds it delivers to users.

Verizon, meanwhile, has yet to issue a public statement on the matter, telling Reuters that it had yet to receive Schneiderman's letter. It's not surprising that Big Red would be reticent to speak on the subject, since it's already had run-ins with New York-based officials about the state of its FiOS rollout. Still, it looks as if everyone in the state will soon become more obsessed with Speedtest.net than they ever were before.

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