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FCC chair wants to boost broadband standard to 100Mbps (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 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.

[–] fkn 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That sucks. Happens when there's no competition in your area. Verizon is $60 for 1Gbps here, no data cap, because they have to compete with Cox. Greedy bastards.