“Frankly, I think our new threshold should be 100Mbps. I think anything short of that will harm our children, our future and our new digital economy.” That’s FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworth What Jessica Rosenworcel said nine years ago—and now, it’s finally happening.
Today, the FCC has changed the definition of “broadband” to 100 megabits per second download speeds and 20 megabits per second upload speeds. Since 2015 it has been stuck at 25Mbps/3Mbps. As of 2021, outgoing FCC Chairman Ajit Pai claims we still don’t need more.
These definitions are important because they allow the FCC to report on the success or failure of closing the broadband gap and how much regulation (or money is put into it) of broadband providers…
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