Free Broadband In The Future?
Next week the Federal Communications Commission will be publicly presenting the National Broadband Plan to Congress. In their presentation, the FCC will ask Congress to “consider use of spectrum for a free or very low cost wireless broadband service”. The FCC gave no specific details for this request. Many speculate this request could be a [...]
FCC Chairman Proposes 100 mbps Speeds By 2020
Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Julius Genachowski is proposing a National Broadband Plan that will expand high speed Internet service to most American homes. On Tuesday, while speaking in Washington D.C. at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners conference, Genachowski offered his “100 Squared” initiative which would bring 100 mega-bite-per-second broadband to 100 million U.S. [...]
FCC Redefining Broadband Speeds
Broadband was previously defined by the FCC as an internet service with download speeds of at least 200 kbps, which was far too low. The FCC, last year, raised those minimum speeds from 200 kbps to 768 kbps. This change was met with disapproval from AT&T when they issued a statement to the FCC saying, [...]
