7 years ago
FCC Takes Heat for Plan to Lower Broadband Deployment Bar
Last week we noted how the FCC was trying to lower the bar for broadband deployment by declaring that 10 Mbps wireless connections are "good enough." More specifically, FCC boss Ajit Pai is trying to manipulate the standard definition of broadband from the FCC's current fixed-line broadband definition of 25 Mbps down, 4 Mbps up -- to 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up. The goal, to reduce criticism of incumbent ISPs, many of which have lagged on network upgrades courtesy of an overall lack of competition.
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