Google recently announced that it would be providing users with the tools necessary to find out if the Internet Service Providers are creating any hindrances in their broadband connections, or stifling any apps.

The search engine giant has come together with the New America Foundation and Planet Labs to further develop Measurement Labs. This is an open source application that can be used by researchers to find out more about their broadband connections. One can expect this move to raise the issue concerning the neutrality of the Internet.

Google is also supplying academic researchers with 36 servers in 12 different locations across US and Europe to build up tools that will let users gauge the speed of their connections and find out if their ISPs are jamming any web based applications. Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet, wrote in a blog that people will agree that Internet surfers ought to have more information with respect to the broadband they sign up for.

He also said that transparency has been the most basic necessity for the Internet to succeed. Google has already supplied plenty of tools for users to assess their Internet connections, which are available on the Measurement Labs website. It is going to be interesting to see how Internet users react to this development.