FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore

2023/07/26 14:41

Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

The Federal Communications Commission hasn't raised its broadband speed standard since early 2015 when it adopted a metric of 25Mbps downloads and 3Mbps uploads.

That could finally change under Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who is proposing a fixed broadband standard of 100Mbps downloads and 20Mbps uploads along with a goal of bringing affordable service at those speeds to all Americans. Under her plan, the FCC would...

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/fcc-chair...

dpre@1a91ef63 2023/07/30 17:34

Glad to see this is finally happening. This should have been done years ago! Guess that's what happens when you put a former cable exec in charge of the agency tasked with regulating the cable industry. 😳