FCC officially decides gigabit speeds are too good for you
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has abandoned the Biden administration's goal of achieving gigabit download and half-gigabit upload broadband speeds nationwide. This decision reverses long-term targets, marking a shift in federal policy despite private sector progress in delivering high-speed internet to certain areas.
Another day, another sad thing to report about our compromised Federal Communications Commission. Chairman Brendan Carr has followed through on his 2025 threat to kill long-term broadband speed goals established during the Biden administration, which aimed for eventually getting us to gigabit download and half-gigabit upload speeds. How dare we dream of spreading great download and upload speeds across the country!
It's wild that 13 years after Comcast said Americans don't need gigabit internet we're somehow back in this conversation. Especially since the private sector has delivered, albeit unevenly, on super high speeds in certain areas; …
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