FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers
David Bass
davidbass570 at gmail.com
Tue May 24 11:34:23 UTC 2022
The real problem most users experience isn’t that they have a gig, or even
100Mb of available download bandwidth…it’s that they infrequently are able
to use that full bandwidth due to massive over subscription .
The other issue is the minimal upload speed. It’s fairly easy to consume
the 10Mb that you’re typically getting as a residential customer. Even
“business class” broadband service has a pretty poor upload bandwidth
limit.
We are a pretty high usage family, and 100/10 has been adequate, but
there’s been times when we are pegged at the 10 Mb upload limit, and we
start to see issues.
I’d say 25/5 is a minimum for a single person.
Would 1 gig be nice…yeah as long as the upload speed is dramatically
increased as part of that. We would rarely use it, but that would likely
be sufficient for a long time. I wouldn’t pay for the extra at this point
though.
On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 8:20 PM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
>
> Remember, this rulemaking is for 1.1 million locations with the "worst"
> return on investment. The end of the tail of the long tail. Rural and
> tribal locations which aren't profitable to provide higher speed
> broadband.
>
> These locations have very low customer density, and difficult to serve.
>
> After the Sandwich Isles Communications scandal, gold-plated proposals
> will be viewed with skepticism. While a proposal may have a lower total
> cost of ownership over decades, the business case is the cheapest for
> the first 10 years of subsidies. [massive over-simplification]
>
> Historically, these projects have lack of timely completion (abandoned,
> incomplete), and bad (overly optimistic?) budgeting.
>
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