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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why does it matter if it’s 500/500 or 1000/1000? Once the fiber is there it makes no difference. In fact, 500Mbit symmetrical is probably more expensive to deploy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Once the fiber is there it makes no difference

Because the fiber isn't there. We could achieve 500/500 on current networks without running fiber to every single home. I'm just saying it's a good interim goal as we work towards a full fiber rollout.