I'm not in the US but in Canada it's been 50/10 since 2016 and we're just "almost" there yet. IMO the target should have been more like 100/30 or even 50 of upload.
100/100 might be a bit short sighted considering it'll take years to accomplish the necessary last-mile/distribution upgrades in rural areas. On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:31 PM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> 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. > >