Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

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      2 years ago

      Amen dude, over $500 billion after inflation paid for nationwide fiber, and telecom companies just pocketed that shit. We should’ve been at 500mb down, 250 up since 2015.

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    I got fiber in a my rural small town and funny enough i have more choices here compared to when i was living in a large city and only had one choice…

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    Sure isn’t! But I’m only getting 12M here in the boonies. I guess high-speed internet is one of those things you can’t try in a small town.

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        0.5M would be utter hell for streaming services. It would literally take 48 hours to watch 48 Hours.

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      Starlink and soon Amazon. I get 100/10 regularly on starlink. It’s not great but it’s quite usable.

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    2 years ago

    me, whose internet speed is 500 kbps - 5mbps: 👁️👄👁️

    (my vpn is slow as shit, but also my internet, without a vpn, is allegedly 25 mbps)