FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers

Wed Jun 1 19:06:10 UTC 2022

On 6/1/22 10:10 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> On 5/23/22 12:00 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
>>
>> On 5/23/22 11:49 AM, Aaron Wendel wrote:
>>> The Fiber Broadband Association estimates that the average US 
>>> household will need more than a gig within 5 years.  Why not just 
>>> jump it to a gig or more?
>>
>>
>> Really? What is the average household doing to use up a gig worth of 
>> bandwidth?
>
>
> I want decent upload speeds for offsite backups of my home NAS. But 
> no, upload is usually some pitiful fraction of download. The local 
> cable company maxes out at 20Mbps upload, and AT&T stopped their FTTH 
> deployment literally across the street from me with no signs of 
> further expansion.
>
Yeah, upstream is a complete joke and the pandemic showed how wrong the 
excuses were.

Mike