Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

["Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE" <lb () 6by7 net>]

At least 100/100.

We don’t like selling slower than 10g anymore, that’s what I’d start everyone at if I could.

—L.B.

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> On May 27, 2021, at 5:29 PM, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
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> What should be the new minimum speed for "broadband" in the U.S.?
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> This is the list of past minimum broadband speed definitions by year
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> year  speed
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> 1999  200 kbps in both directions (this was chosen as faster than dialup/ISDN speeds)
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> 2000  200 kbps in at least one direction (changed because too many service providers had 128 kbps upload)
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> 2010   4 mbps down / 1 mbps up
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> 2015   25 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up (wired)
>        5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up (wireless)
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> 2021   ??? / ??? (some Senators propose 100/100 mbps)
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> Not only in major cities, but also rural areas
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> 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.