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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."

2 of 461 comments (clear)

  1. If the FCC wants to accelerate it by MikeRT · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They should federalize all franchising so that local and state governments cannot limit which telecoms and cable companies can operate where.

  2. Re:FCC: Setting High Goals by Khisanth+Magus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Japan has 1Gbps internet. I had it when I lived there a few years ago. Even at 100Mbps we would be way behind.