I'd love to see 100/100, but I don't see it happening anytime soon ... especially for $50.
I pay $150/month for 300/8 at home and that's the best upload I can get where I live ... in a major city. On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:41 PM Eric Dugas via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > I'm not in the US but in Canada it's been 50/10 since 2016 and we're just > "almost" there yet. IMO the target should have been more like 100/30 or > even 50 of upload. > > 100/100 might be a bit short sighted considering it'll take years to > accomplish the necessary last-mile/distribution upgrades in rural areas. > > On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:31 PM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > >> >> What should be the new minimum speed for "broadband" in the U.S.? >> >> >> This is the list of past minimum broadband speed definitions by year >> >> year speed >> >> 1999 200 kbps in both directions (this was chosen as faster than >> dialup/ISDN speeds) >> >> 2000 200 kbps in at least one direction (changed because too many >> service >> providers had 128 kbps upload) >> >> 2010 4 mbps down / 1 mbps up >> >> 2015 25 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up (wired) >> 5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up (wireless) >> >> 2021 ??? / ??? (some Senators propose 100/100 mbps) >> >> Not only in major cities, but also rural areas >> >> Note, the official broadband definition only means service providers >> can't >> advertise it as "broadband" or qualify for subsidies; not that they must >> deliver better service. >> >>