▲ 84 ▼ FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by readbeanicecream@kbin.social to c/tech@kbin.social 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.
[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Sure isn't! But I'm only getting 12M here in the boonies. I guess high-speed internet is one of those things you can't try in a small town. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Montagge@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 8M here, which is a dream compared to the 0.5M I use to have a few years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago 0.5M would be utter hell for streaming services. It would literally take 48 hours to watch 48 Hours. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Brkdncr@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Starlink and soon Amazon. I get 100/10 regularly on starlink. It’s not great but it’s quite usable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Montagge@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 8M here, which is a dream compared to the 0.5M I use to have a few years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago 0.5M would be utter hell for streaming services. It would literally take 48 hours to watch 48 Hours. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago 0.5M would be utter hell for streaming services. It would literally take 48 hours to watch 48 Hours. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Brkdncr@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Starlink and soon Amazon. I get 100/10 regularly on starlink. It’s not great but it’s quite usable. permalink fedilink source parent