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FCC chair wants to boost broadband standard to 100Mbps (www.theregister.com)
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FCC chair wants to boost broadband standard to 100Mbps::First refresh of minimums in eight years for the country that invented the internet

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

In rural areas, yes.

In cities, Gigabit internet is abundant and only mildly expensive. Here in Phoenix I pay $60/mo for 1 Gbps down, 50 Mbps up with no bandwidth cap from Verizon. Not the best but far from "awful".

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    I live in a major metropolitan city in the us and I pay close to $200 a month for gig down and less than 100up.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    You might not have to. Look into fixed 5G internet. So long as you have a view of a tower (which you should in a major metropolitan city; I'm in suburbia and still have 3 within view), speeds and latency are as good as a wired connection. I'd look into it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I have to run my own cell tower because I live in a literal dead zone.

    Edit: I checked Verizon, 90 bucks for 50mbps with a 300gb data limits. Yay.

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