▲ 481 ▼ FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] burningquestion@lemmy.world 20 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 22 points 3 years ago You should start by asking them what they did with the $400 billion (as of 9 years ago) in taxes that we have paid them to build out fiber internet. And yes, you're probably STILL paying this tax. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Confetti_Camouflage@pawb.social 2 points 3 years ago It's just a speed to be able to say your service is "broadband." There's probably more to that with subsidies and whatnot, but it's not an actual hard requirement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 22 points 3 years ago You should start by asking them what they did with the $400 billion (as of 9 years ago) in taxes that we have paid them to build out fiber internet. And yes, you're probably STILL paying this tax. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Confetti_Camouflage@pawb.social 2 points 3 years ago It's just a speed to be able to say your service is "broadband." There's probably more to that with subsidies and whatnot, but it's not an actual hard requirement. permalink fedilink source parent