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.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Wendel" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] 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: > > https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-higher-speed-goals-small-rural-broadband-providers-0 > > > > 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. >
