Before this change, the FCC considered a connection with 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up to be broadband. That speed routed to a single device might be workable in 2024, but supplying an entire home with bandwidth from such a connection is going to be miserable. The FCC says its decision to ...
It will, however, change the definition of the FCC of what is, and what is not, broadband, so it can fund and regulate providers accordingly. Internet providers have been able to get away with a lot, and hopefully, this will put some pressure on them to actually provide decent speeds. ...
andWi-Fi routershave advanced since then, the definition has stayed the same. Now, right before a decade of silence on the matter, the FCC has made a statement declaring that any internet connection slower than 100Mbps download and 20Mbps upload is no longer legally deemed a broadband ...
This can happen in two main scenarios: cities with a monopoly broadband provider, and rural areas where Internet providers don't think they'll make enough money to make it worth their while to install or upgrade a broadband network. Uploads Also Assessed The current FCC definition of broadband,...
"We are never satisfied with the status quo. We want better. We continue to push the limit, and that is notable when it comes to technology,"FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said. "As consumers adopt and demand more from their platforms and devices, the need for broadband will increase, req...
Federal Communications Commission's gauge for measuring broadband speed and penetration in the country. According to Dingell, the current Zone Improvement Program (ZIP)-code method of measuring broadband by the FCC is neither useful nor accurate. He adds that the administration's approach to ...
While Georgia has address-level data, what the public sees when it visits its map is an aggregated level of information that only goes as deep as the census block. But the state tweaked the FCC's definition of what an unserved census block would be. While the FCC's maps u...
The “capability” part of the definition is key, according to the FCC’s new argument, because broadband offers the capability to provide the functions described in the definition of information service. Pai’s NPRM thus argues that today’s broadband services meet the statute’...
Department of Commerce, AI Risk Management Framework (2023). [12] Protecting Americans from Robocalls: Hearing Before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, 118th Cong. 6 (2023) (statement of Megan Brown, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP...
To be clear, I don’t want to pretend that reclassifying broadband as Title II would be the same “no biggie” as automatic voice roaming. Automatic voice roaming was one service, albeit an important one, impacting one industry (wireless) where the main player...