The FCC has raised the speeds required to describe internet service as “broadband” for the first time since 2015. The agency’s annual high-speed internet assessment concluded that 100 Mbps downloads and 20 Mbps uploads will be the new standard. The news will likely irk ISPs who would love to keep pointing to 25 Mbps / 3 Mbps speeds (the previous standards) and convincing people they’re getting high-speed broadband.
The FCC just quadrupled the download speed required to market internet as ‘broadband’ (msn.com)
I am told by someone that runs a wireless ISP that the FCC does not even count wireless ISP services in these areas, even though their wireless ISP has higher reliability than the wired services.
TDS Telecom, our provider, no longer qualifies as broadband as we get only about 10 Mbps up. Long ago they said they wanted to improve upload speeds but they are still slow. At my last house, we had VDSL service with fiber-to-the-curb. At the time, we had 30 Mbps down and 30 Mbps up. I miss that. Since we moved, that neighborhood was upgraded to 1 Gbps services.
At our present home, we only have cable modem service. The telephone company could only provide about 40 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up via their VDSL. That was 4 years ago and they have not made any updates to the system.
