Are ISP Disputes Affecting Your Site Traffic?

According to a recent story on c|net, a dispute between Level 3 and six US ISP companies is causing a squeeze on Internet traffic that could affect your website if you’re on one of the affected networks.  Level 3 is one of the largest Internet backbone providers in the world and acts as a conduit for passing data between different ISPs.  According to Level 3, the ISPs in question are throttling data between their systems thus slowing down traffic and increasing response times in an attempt to pressure Level 3 into paying access fees in order to have unimpeded access to their networks.  If your website is between your customer and the networks involved in the dispute it could be affecting your site’s performance.  Capaho Server Monitor can monitor your website’s connectivity and show you what its response times are.