Most households have no practical use for more than 25 megs. More is better, but let's not just throw money into a fire because of a marketing machine.
From: "Aaron Wendel" <aaron@wholesaleinternet.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 1:49:13 PM
Subject: Re: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers
The Fiber Broadband Association estimates that the average US household
will need more than a gig within 5 years. Why not just jump it to a gig
or more?
On 5/23/2022 1:40 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
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> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-higher-speed-goals-small-rural-broadband-providers-0
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> The Federal Communications Commission voted [May 19, 2022] to seek
> comment on a proposal to provide additional universal service support
> to certain rural carriers in exchange for increasing deployment to
> more locations at higher speeds. The proposal would make changes to
> the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) program, with the
> goal of achieving widespread deployment of faster 100/20 Mbps
> broadband service throughout the rural areas served by rural carriers
> currently receiving A-CAM support.
>