About six months ago I wrote about the difference between advertised and actual Internet connection speeds from my service provider, Aliant (a Bell Canada company). This post gets quite a few hits so I checked the links to make sure that they’re up to date.
I found that Aliant’s speed check is no longer web-based and now requires a 9MB download of a program (motivesb.exe). I haven’t downloaded this software, which might slow down my computer, and I’m wondering if this is as benign as Aliant says on their website:>
Net Assistant* is a FREE service that delivers leading edge self-healing tools directly to your desk top. These tools automatically detect possible issues on your computer that may cause problems accessing the Internet, sending/receiving emails or browsing Web sites, and enables you to fix them easily.
