Broadband speed test that uses Flash instead of Java

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Let's get it out in the open. Java is slow. Flash, though proprietary and closed-source, rules.

That's why I like the Speakeasy Speed Test for determining the health of your broadband connection -- it uses Flash instead of the usual Java.

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