New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Fri May 28 14:29:53 UTC 2021

100k buildings in the US alone, but no.  

Check back in q4 tho.

Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE
6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
CEO 
lb at 6by7.net
"The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.”

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> On May 28, 2021, at 6:55 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
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> Clearly not a residential mass-market service.
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> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
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> Midwest-IX
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> From: "Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE" <lb at 6by7.net>
> To: "Sean Donelan" <sean at donelan.com>
> Cc: "NANOG Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 7:30:48 PM
> Subject: Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections
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> At least 100/100.
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> We don’t like selling slower than 10g anymore, that’s what I’d start everyone at if I could.
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> —L.B.
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> Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE
> 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
> CEO 
> lb at 6by7.net
> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.”
> FCC License KJ6FJJ
> 
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> On May 27, 2021, at 5:29 PM, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
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> What should be the new minimum speed for "broadband" in the U.S.?
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> This is the list of past minimum broadband speed definitions by year
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> year  speed
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> 1999  200 kbps in both directions (this was chosen as faster than dialup/ISDN speeds)
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> 2000  200 kbps in at least one direction (changed because too many service providers had 128 kbps upload)
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> 2010   4 mbps down / 1 mbps up
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> 2015   25 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up (wired)
>        5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up (wireless)
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> 2021   ??? / ??? (some Senators propose 100/100 mbps)
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> Not only in major cities, but also rural areas
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> 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.
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