<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Sadly thus us repeating the same problematic data based on average usage by older Americans vs usage by younger people or those of us with several children. <div><br></div><div>I agree with the average utilization but when it comes to those peaks my customers can finish their uploads or restores quickly when they do need it. If they are behind a limiter at 25m suddenly that FedEx or carrier pigeon seems best. </div><div><br></div><div>Business I was at today says they need 40mbps </div><div><br></div><div>- Jared <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent via RFC1925 complaint device</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 28, 2022, at 4:22 PM, Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000">Most households have no practical use for more than 25 megs. More is better, but let's not just throw money into a fire because of a marketing machine.<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>"Aaron Wendel" <aaron@wholesaleinternet.net><br><b>To: </b>nanog@nanog.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, May 23, 2022 1:49:13 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers<br><br>The Fiber Broadband Association estimates that the average US household <br>will need more than a gig within 5 years. Why not just jump it to a gig <br>or more?<br><br><br>On 5/23/2022 1:40 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:<br>><br>> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-higher-speed-goals-small-rural-broadband-providers-0 <br>><br>><br>> The Federal Communications Commission voted [May 19, 2022] to seek <br>> comment on a proposal to provide additional universal service support <br>> to certain rural carriers in exchange for increasing deployment to <br>> more locations at higher speeds. The proposal would make changes to <br>> the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) program, with the <br>> goal of achieving widespread deployment of faster 100/20 Mbps <br>> broadband service throughout the rural areas served by rural carriers <br>> currently receiving A-CAM support.<br>><br><br></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>