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Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by d0m on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @09:52AM (#1244572)
There's a map. Without more information, it looks like maps.google.com.
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by elliottkember on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:05AM (#1244598)
Can't you see the little pink icons with speeds on them?
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by carbocation on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:18AM (#1244627)
I do see them using chrome on Win 7.
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by wdewind on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:11AM (#1244614)
nope
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by elliottkember on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:31AM (#1244651)
Aw, sorry about that. What browser are you using?
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by u238 on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:36AM (#1244664)
I dont see it. Latest Firefox on OS X.
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by elliottkember on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:58AM (#1244727)
Okay - figured it out, errant ' chars. Try again!
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by wdewind on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:55AM (#1244721)
same
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by wdewind on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @09:52AM (#1244571)
it would be helpful if you could make the adding 1 click. i have to leave your site, then come back, then go to back to the other site and copy the next field..etc etc. no one is really going to do that.

you could do a combination of geolocation and screen scraping to do it (or maybe there is a better way, that's just the first thing that came to mind), and it would probably take a bit so you'd have to ask the user to wait or something.

Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by patrickryan on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @11:24AM (#1244784)
This is exactly why I left the site. If a site asks me to leave, I will be less likely to return and enter data.
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by lftl on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @11:46AM (#1244850)
It would be interesting if you added in a question about price that people paid as well.

While the sample size is small, I'm surprised that the US is largely on par with Europe in terms of speed. I'd expect though that price / speed is much better in Europe.

Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by yurifury on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:37AM (#1244668)
Can you make add the control to switch to the map view? Looking around sometimes takes too long to load in Satellite mode, which is probably indicative of my broadband speed.
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by elliottkember on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @11:14AM (#1244766)
Done! Hope that helps.
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by sumeeta on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @11:28AM (#1244795)
I wish it would’ve zoomed in and opened my entry after I submitted. Kinda fun, though.
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by elliottkember on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @01:14PM (#1245079)
good call - I'll add that :)
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by vgurgov on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @09:52AM (#1244575)
why dont you get my location(from IP) and speed automatically and make adding simple one-click process?
Re:Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband s... by rbranson on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @09:57AM (#1244585)
This is often very inaccurate.