Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoFCC Officially Raises Minimum Broadband Metric From 25Mbps to 100Mbpswww.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFCC Officially Raises Minimum Broadband Metric From 25Mbps to 100Mbpswww.pcmag.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoA 4x increase for download and a 7x increase requirment for upload. That’s a pretty solid one improvement, honestly. They also have plans on whne to increase it to 1Gbps down/500Mbps up, so it seems like they are taking it seriously.
minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s long overdue and gigabit should be standard
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIt is long overdue, as the last update was 2015. The GOP refused to do it, and it took some time to seat a new FCC head due to Republican obstruction. Gigabyte is coming, just not yet. This is a fine incremental step.
minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWe should’ve had it when we paid for it, instead of telecom execs pocketing the money.
A 4x increase for download and a 7x increase requirment for upload.
That’s a pretty solid one improvement, honestly. They also have plans on whne to increase it to 1Gbps down/500Mbps up, so it seems like they are taking it seriously.
It’s long overdue and gigabit should be standard
It is long overdue, as the last update was 2015. The GOP refused to do it, and it took some time to seat a new FCC head due to Republican obstruction.
Gigabyte is coming, just not yet. This is a fine incremental step.
Gigabit
We should’ve had it when we paid for it, instead of telecom execs pocketing the money.