BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoFCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymorearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1483arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1475arrow-down1external-linkFCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymorearstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square94fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareMcBinary@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down3·1 year agoI think person* is the keyword here. Many families have several people concurrently watching streaming video, listening to music, and playing games that are required to have an internet connection. 100Mbps is not enough.
minus-squarewsweg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoRight, but this is about setting a minimum standard for it to be classified as broadband. For an average individual 100Mbps is high speed internet.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoAnd most families probably have cheap wifi routers with poor snr as their main bottleneck.
I think person* is the keyword here. Many families have several people concurrently watching streaming video, listening to music, and playing games that are required to have an internet connection. 100Mbps is not enough.
Right, but this is about setting a minimum standard for it to be classified as broadband. For an average individual 100Mbps is high speed internet.
And most families probably have cheap wifi routers with poor snr as their main bottleneck.