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Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections
From: Matt Brennan <brennanma () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 21:04:47 -0400
I'd love to see 100/100, but I don't see it happening anytime soon ... especially for $50. I pay $150/month for 300/8 at home and that's the best upload I can get where I live ... in a major city. On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:41 PM Eric Dugas via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
I'm not in the US but in Canada it's been 50/10 since 2016 and we're just "almost" there yet. IMO the target should have been more like 100/30 or even 50 of upload. 100/100 might be a bit short sighted considering it'll take years to accomplish the necessary last-mile/distribution upgrades in rural areas. On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:31 PM Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> 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.
Current thread:
- New minimum speed for US broadband connections Sean Donelan (May 27)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Eric Dugas via NANOG (May 27)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Matt Brennan (May 27)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Lyon (May 27)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Ethan O'Toole (May 27)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Jim Troutman (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Josh Luthman (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Hammett (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Matt Brennan (May 27)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Eric Dugas via NANOG (May 27)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Hammett (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Jason Canady (May 28)
- RE: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Chris Adams (IT) (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Josh Luthman (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Tim Burke (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Jason Canady (May 28)