I fear there are too many areas that are still limited by *dsl technology so trying to define a certain minimum for upstream transmission rates is problematic. (Also a pet peave of mine since it makes moving video and audio project files areound a PITA.) Personally, I think we're probably best sticking with the current figures until what is widely available as a top end service begins to reflect different figures and I don't see that that has happened yet. -Wayne On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 08:29:08PM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote:
What should be the new minimum speed for "broadband" in the U.S.?
This is the list of past minimum broadband speed definitions by year
year speed
1999 200 kbps in both directions (this was chosen as faster than dialup/ISDN speeds)
2000 200 kbps in at least one direction (changed because too many service providers had 128 kbps upload)
2010 4 mbps down / 1 mbps up
2015 25 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up (wired) 5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up (wireless)
2021 ??? / ??? (some Senators propose 100/100 mbps)
Not only in major cities, but also rural areas
Note, the official broadband definition only means service providers can't advertise it as "broadband" or qualify for subsidies; not that they must deliver better service.
--- Wayne Bouchard web@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/