100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
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Re: 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
#2Strange how "broadband" and "high speed internet" can have a different meaning in various parts of the country. For ex: a 10 mbps dsl line is considered "high speed" in New Hampshire.
Re: 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
#3> The funding is going to a mix of cable, fiber, and fixed wireless providers, plus SpaceX's Starlink satellite network.
I think cable providers should be left out. They were already gifted many billions of dollars in the past for this same basic purpose but they pocketed the money. They can just use the free money they've already been given. Instead, the funding should go to existing munipical fiber ISPs to expand their coverage. Give money to people with a proven track record of doing what you want, not people with a proven track record of keeping the money for themselves.
I'm on municipal fiber and it's amazing.
Re: 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
#4100Mbps up as a standard? One can only dream. Comcast's highest residential offer is 1Gbps down (yeah right) and 35 mbps up.
My other option is DSL with Att, a max of like 30Mbps down...
Re: 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
#5Let's make basic internet(10Mbps down/1Mbps up. just throwing out some numbers ) free and anything faster, you can pay for.
Re: 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
#6Nice to see. I would have hoped to see more of a mention around latency. A lot of tools are sensitive to this and a theoretically fat pipe is not useful if you have 100ms+ latencies.
Re: 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
#7Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26343394
Re: 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
#8Re: 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
#9Nice to see. I would have hoped to see more of a mention around latency. A lot of tools are sensitive to this and a theoretically fat pipe is not useful if you have 100ms+ latencies.
Also data caps. A fast connection with a 20Gb monthly data cap (common for LTE) still isn't usable as household broadband.