Hello there, The other day I was in a place with a very limited internet access and I recalled this thread. Sometimes speed is important and many times also the amount of data we transfer is too. I wonder (sorry if there is and I'm not aware of) some kind of data per month suggestion/definition?, 1GB, 10 GB, 50 GB, 100 GB? I mean in the same way there is a minimum speed definition, there could be also a minimum "data per day/month" definition", am I right?. Thanks, Alejandro, On 27/5/21 8:29 PM, 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.