I'd love to see connection 'Nutrition Facts' type labeling.
Include: Typical downstream bandwidth, typical upstream bandwidth, median latency and packet loss rates (both measured from CPE in advertised ZIP code to the top 10 websites), data cap info, and bottom line price including all unavoidable fees.
ISP-provided WiFi routers would only be included in the bottom line price if the ISP requires said WiFi routers as mandatory CPE.
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Also, all this talk about higher minimum downstream and upstream bandwidth is moot if simple data caps remain in place. Scrap simple data caps, especially those that do not recognize that bandwidth availability varies throughout the day.
An alternative to simple data caps is to apply destination-agnostic bandwidth shaping during peak usage periods on the ISP's network, with the heaviest generators of on-peak traffic being deprioritized. This still allows for an ISP to offer various tiers of service that have different data bucket sizes. These might range from a discount tier of 'always deprioritized during peaks' to a default tier of 'deprioritized after 1 TB of monthly data transfer during peaks' to a premium tier of 'never deprioritized during peaks'.
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Grants: hold recipients of USF or other build-out grant money accountable. That could mean incentives for build outs that are future-proof on the scale of decades. An incentive that pays per foot, for conduit and fiber installed in previously unserved areas, if that conduit actually serves the properties along the route.
Empty conduit is incredibly future proof. I have seen fiber installs being placed in orange plastic tubing, which means even if some new form of fiber is needed later, exchanging the fiber in the conduit will be possible without requiring more trenching or drilling.
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On bandwidth: perhaps some kind of 80/20 or 90/10 rule could be applied that uses broadly available national peak service speeds as the basis for a formula. An example might be...the basic service tier speed available to 80% of the population is the definition of broadband. When 80% of the population has access to 100/100 Mbps home service, then 100/100 becomes the benchmark. When 80% of the population has access to 1/1 Gbps home service, then 1/1 becomes the benchmark. Areas that don't have service that meets the benchmark would be eligible for future-proof build-out incentives, with incentives exponentially increasing as the area falls further and further behind the benchmark. With 100/100 Mbps as the benchmark, areas that currently are stuck with unreliable 1.5 Mbps/384k DSL should be receiving upgrade priority. And even higher priority if the benchmark has shifted to 1 Gbps.
There also needs to be a way for properties to report 'I am not being served'. This combined with clawbacks is a way to assure claimed build-out funds don't leave service gaps in places build-out funds were spent.