For years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the broadband minimum benchmark speed for small businesses to be 25 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloading and 3 Mbps for uploading. However, a recent report published by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed what the pandemic has already made clear: 25/3 Mbps is just not fast enough. In response, the FCC has agreed to go back to the drawing board and reanalyze small business broadband speed needs with the intent to incorporate the results into a new benchmark for broadband.
