<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>I don't think it needs to change.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br>Midwest-IX<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com><br><b>To: </b>nanog@nanog.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, May 27, 2021 7:29:08 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>New minimum speed for US broadband connections<br><br><br>What should be the new minimum speed for "broadband" in the U.S.?<br><br><br>This is the list of past minimum broadband speed definitions by year<br><br>year speed<br><br>1999 200 kbps in both directions (this was chosen as faster than <br>dialup/ISDN speeds)<br><br>2000 200 kbps in at least one direction (changed because too many service <br>providers had 128 kbps upload)<br><br>2010 4 mbps down / 1 mbps up<br><br>2015 25 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up (wired)<br> 5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up (wireless)<br><br>2021 ??? / ??? (some Senators propose 100/100 mbps)<br><br>Not only in major cities, but also rural areas<br><br>Note, the official broadband definition only means service providers can't <br>advertise it as "broadband" or qualify for subsidies; not that they must <br>deliver better service.<br><br></div><br></div></body></html>