Search outfit Google has begun offering tools to expose Internet service providers  that choke traffic or built two tier networks. The move is part of its "net neutrality" campaign which is designed to make usre that all Internet traffic is treated equally.

Google worked with New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium, and academic researchers to create an online Measurement Lab so that boffins can detect Internet traffic manipulation.

The tools allow users to test why an Internet application doesn't work as expected or your connection seems flaky and if the problem is caused by your ISP. M-Lab went online Wednesday with three diagnostic tools running on computer servers near Google headquarters in the US.

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