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FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
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Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

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[–] 39 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Give us the fiber that the taxpayers already payed for!

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

    I'm pretty sure when they upped it to 25mbps a few years ago it was a wildly outdated figure at that time. 100mbps is more reasonable but still pretty bad for "high speed broadband." Hopefully something good comes out of this but I won't hold my breath.

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    • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    I got fiber in a my rural small town and funny enough i have more choices here compared to when i was living in a large city and only had one choice...

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Pfft, an evaluation of prices

    "Yep, theyre pretty high. Carry on"

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    [–] 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.

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

    My house is gigabit, everything else as a standard should be as well, IMO.

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

    It should be, but you underestimate how many communities have limited access still.

    We would have more line laid but telecoms pocketed the money since Congress didn't put any performance requirements in the bill or contracts.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Oh, no, rural broadband and the telco money pit that was going to make it a reality are very real and I consider myself lucky to live where I actually have “choice” in my provider options.

    As for performance clauses, who’s to say whether they were there and stripped out in committee.

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

    Yeah, i've reached the conclusion that gigabit is enough for now. I can get 1.2, 2.5, 6 and 10 at my house but i'm staying at 1 because it's honestly plenty fast for a family of 3 - even with 2 of us working from home.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Gigabit is plenty for years to come. Even with 3 of you there. I know people that had like 300MBps with 5 people in the house streaming, 2 people playing games, and tons of phones. Unless you got 10 people in your house, gigabit is plenty. You talking about 'enough for now' with only 3 people in the house lmao. Bruh

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I suppose it's strange to reach a point where I have 3 choices for gigabit and multiple much faster choices and not opt for the faster. This is literally the first time in my life that I've not had the fastest plan I can get. I can absolutely afford 10G service... But you are right, there's really no reason for it right now

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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    me, whose internet speed is 500 kbps - 5mbps: 👁️👄👁️

    (my vpn is slow as shit, but also my internet, without a vpn, is allegedly 25 mbps)

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