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Topic: broadband

A crew installing fiber optic cable beneath a street in Manhattan
Technology
Friday, 8/21, 06:41 AM

The FCC drops its long-term gigabit broadband goal

  • The Federal Communications Commission has abolished, without replacement, the aspiration that American broadband should eventually reach 1 gigabit down and 500 megabits up.
  • The agency says the target was not technology neutral and favored fiber over satellite and fixed wireless.
  • The benchmark for what counts as broadband stays at 100 down and 20 up.

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