The telecoms regulator has raised its benchmark for high-speed fixed broadband as part of an annual assessment of the progress in advanced deployment across the country. The Commission's...
Office of Media Relations: **************@***.*** For Immediate Release FCC INCREASES BROADBAND SPEED BENCHMARK Annual Agency Assessment of High-Speed Internet Service Deployment...
"Based on our evaluation of available data, we can no longer conclude that broadband at speeds of 25/3Mbps—the fixed benchmark established in 2015 and relied on in the last seven reports...
Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) In telecommunications, broadband or high speed is the wide-bandwidth data... access, 'broadband' is often used to mean any high-speed Internet...
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) raised the benchmark for high-speed fixed broadband, setting 100 Mbps and 20 Mbps as the new download and upload standards, respectively. ; In a press note released on March 14, 2024, the commission confirmed increasing the benchmark four-fold from the previous 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload. ; The FCC came to the decision after analyzing the standards used by state programs and consumer usage patterns. ; Higher Internet speeds become vital as we move ahead. Websites are becoming more complex than ever, increasing the loading time. Improvements to video quality on streaming platforms necessitate switching to better Internet plans. Even social networking platforms have become more speed demanding than ever.
the benchmark to 1 Gigabit down and 500 Megabits up. "One more thing. The law requires that we assess how reasonable and timely the deployment of broadband is in this country," she added....
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While non-metropolitan areas of the UK clamour for fast broadband connections, or even broadband worthy of its name, the Braintree district of Essex now claims to have access to some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world. More than 500 homes and businesses in the communities of Great Saling and Panfield are the first in the Braintree district to benefit from the arrival of ultra-fast rural broadband – which can deliver speeds of up to 900Mbps – from network operator Gigaclear’s full-fibre roll-out under Essex County Council’s Sup ...
The FCC has raised the benchmark for broadband speed for the first time in nearly a decade.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has scrapped the old benchmark for measuring broadband internet and increased it four-fold.