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FCC Proposes 100Mbps Minimum Home Broadband Speed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-can't-get-cable dept.

oxide7 writes "The US Federal Communications Commission unveiled a plan on Tuesday that would require Internet providers to offer minimum home connection speeds by 2020, a proposal that some telecommunications companies panned as unrealistic. The FCC wants service providers to offer home Internet data transmission speeds of 100 megabits per second to 100 million homes by a decade from now, Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said."

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  1. 1984 by Jaysyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because 100mbps is the bandwidth required for the telescreens?

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  2. The Dept, of Agriculture will soon propose... by MSTCrow5429 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that 100 million people by 2020 should have a pretty pony. This will result in 50 people receiving tainted horse steaks by 2035.

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  3. The next round of government rule-making... by Entrope · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new pony-mandating FTC overlords and our rainbow-mandating EPA overlords. Every American should have the government-granted right to upload pictures of their pony galloping under a rainbow at 100 Mbps speeds!

  4. Re:That would be all well and good by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    My router is an Apple Airport Extreme, and it says 10/100/1000 right here on the box.

    So, 10/100 = 0.1 mbps / 1000 = 0.0001 mbps, or 12.5 bytes per second! ...

    Oh wait...

  5. Re:Already there by SETIGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never attribute to laziness what might better be attributable to avarice, greed, and malice.

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  6. Re:Already there by suso · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes but then I'd have to deal with you damn swedes. Sorry, no offense, but I recently had to work with a guy from Sweden who we'll just say was difficult.