FCC scraps old speed benchmark, says broadband should be at least 100Mbps

Swedneck , 3 months ago

i literally cannot get internet slower than 100Mbps symmetric here in sweden lol, astounding that providers in the US are so reticent to improve speeds.

it reminds me of the american rail freight industry, it seems they would prefer to dismantle the entire infrastructure and become investment companies instead..

PlasmaDistortion , 3 months ago

Fiber internet has spoiled me. 20mb would be unbearably slow, it is shameful that this is even considered to be the standard.

cmnybo , 3 months ago

They really should require it to be 100M symmetric. Slow upload speeds make it nearly impossible to use online storage.

jqubed , 3 months ago

I’m kind of shocked given how historically beholden to the big telcos they’ve been. What’s the status on net neutrality and treating Internet connectivity as a utility?

BrikoX OP Mod , 3 months ago

Ongoing. They adopted the proposal to restore it and public comments period ended.

• US FCC votes to advance plan to reinstate net neutrality rules
• FCC closes comments on ‘open internet protections’ rulemaking
• FCC to Start Proceeding on Reestablishing Open Internet Protections

CluelessLemmyng , 3 months ago

About time. Maybe the maps will be updated correctly and people can now see just how pathetic those ISPs have been.

bipolarben , 3 months ago

This is why Xfinity just sent me a note saying they're graciously increasing my upload speed to 20mbps. How nice of them. 🙄