The US Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 25 Mbps broadband data standard seemed fast in 2015 when it was approved. Seven years have passed since then, and the current leadership of the department believes that it is time to raise the standard for wired home connection to 100 Mbps. This proposal was made by the head of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworsel.
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The agency believes that under the current conditions, the broadband standard for downloading should be 100 Mbps, and for downloading data – 20 Mbps. There is now a standard that considers broadband to be downloads at 25 Mbps and uploads at 3 Mbps. It is also noted that the increase in performance is due to numerous factors, including the requirements for the construction of new networks, which follow from the Law on Infrastructure Investments and Jobs.
Rosenworsel expressed her desire to continue increasing the FTC-standard Internet connection speeds in the future. At the same time, she proposed to introduce more criteria for the “reasonable and timely” deployment of networks to provide broadband data transmission. Rosenworsel noted that at some point in the future the standard could be increased to 1Gbps for downloads and 500Gbps for uploads.
At the moment, it is not known whether the initiative of the head of the FCC will receive support in the government. Telecommunication companies are also unlikely to be happy with a change in the previously adopted standard, since they will have to increase their investment in network development and related infrastructure to comply with the standard.
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