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FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbps (docs.fcc.gov)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I really wish symmetric broadband was standard. Having 500 down (as a homelabber especially) means nothing if you have only 25 up 😭

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Same boat here with Comcast. I would gladly give up some of the 800Mbps download to increase the 12Mbps upload speed I'm getting.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

800Mbps*

*with SPEEDBOOST! (We throttle lawl)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

We don’t throttle to our company-owned Speedtest servers though so we can disprove you when claiming we are not offering you peak speeds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

DOCSIS 4.0 makes that a reality. Your connection will reallocate your available bandwidth between upload and download dynamically as needed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Homelabber here, stuck in Comcast hell with 10Mbps upload.

I wish I could afford to bring the local municipal fiber to my house, but to go like 2 city blocks with it would be tens of thousands of dollars. :(

I'm considering a local colocation/ datacenter to move my homelab to. But then it wouldn't be a homelab anymore

[–] Num10ck 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

maybe you could last mile it with microwave point to point?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Would need to convince a local business down there to support it, but it's not a terrible idea.

But it is a terrible situation that this is the length people need to go to to work around Comcast / DOCSIS lopsided networking.

[–] eek2121 1 points 10 months ago

How much is Comcast charging you compared to the fiber? If I were in that position I would have decided differently (assuming I owned the property) as the difference for me peaked at $150/mo. Even more if I chose a slightly cheaper plan…and I have AT%T fiber, not municipal.

[–] TesterJ 3 points 10 months ago

Spectrum? I've got the same plan. Sucks because I have trouble streaming my Plex server outside of my apartment. And when I work from home uploads take forever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Was definitely a big factor in going from Comcast to ATT (symmetric)in my area. Although Comcast has gotten faster too.