Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

[Alejandro Acosta <alejandroacostaalamo () gmail com>]

Hello there,

  The other day I was in a place with a very limited internet access 
and I recalled this thread. Sometimes speed is important and many times 
also the amount of data we transfer is too.

  I wonder (sorry if there is and I'm not aware of) some kind of data 
per month suggestion/definition?,  1GB, 10 GB, 50 GB, 100 GB?

  I mean in the same way there is a minimum speed definition, there 
could be also a minimum "data per day/month" definition", am I right?.


Thanks,


Alejandro,



On 27/5/21 8:29 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> What should be the new minimum speed for "broadband" in the U.S.?
>
>
> This is the list of past minimum broadband speed definitions by year
>
> year  speed
>
> 1999  200 kbps in both directions (this was chosen as faster than 
> dialup/ISDN speeds)
>
> 2000  200 kbps in at least one direction (changed because too many 
> service providers had 128 kbps upload)
>
> 2010   4 mbps down / 1 mbps up
>
> 2015   25 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up (wired)
>         5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up (wireless)
>
> 2021   ??? / ??? (some Senators propose 100/100 mbps)
>
> Not only in major cities, but also rural areas
>
> Note, the official broadband definition only means service providers 
> can't advertise it as "broadband" or qualify for subsidies; not that 
> they must deliver better service.