Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore::Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

  • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I live in the mountain area, and my friend lives 30m from a multi-million population city, in an area with over 100,000 residents. His best option for internet to this day is hotspotting from his cell. Before that was viable, he only had access to satellite internet. Even semi-rural people here get fucked.

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      my friend lives 30m from a multi-million population city

      It took me a beat to realize this was 30 miles or 30 minutes and not 30 meters.

      • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Ah that’s my bad, should’ve used metric. I meant minutes, but in context it doesn’t really portray that.

        • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Oh, metric isn’t a requirement (although I myself am striving to use it when I remember), just that “m” alone is ambiguous. And in my daily work, a number followed by a single m is meters.