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Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections
From: Wayne Bouchard <web () typo org>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 06:18:30 -0700
I fear there are too many areas that are still limited by *dsl technology so trying to define a certain minimum for upstream transmission rates is problematic. (Also a pet peave of mine since it makes moving video and audio project files areound a PITA.) Personally, I think we're probably best sticking with the current figures until what is widely available as a top end service begins to reflect different figures and I don't see that that has happened yet. -Wayne On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 08:29:08PM -0400, 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.
--- Wayne Bouchard web () typo org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
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- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections, (continued)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Hammett (May 30)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Laura Smith via NANOG (May 29)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe (May 30)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Hammett (May 30)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Christian de Larrinaga via NANOG (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Josh Luthman (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Eric Kuhnke (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Daniel Karrenberg (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mark Tinka (May 31)