Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is asking FCC commissioners to consider opening a new inquiry into raising the minimum speed that the agency considers to be “broadband” from 25 Mbps for downloads and 3 Mbps for uploads, to 100 Mbps/20 Mbps.
Rosenworcel has circulated a proposal for an inquiry process that would bump up the speed minimum. In addition, her proposal would “set a separate national goal of 1 Gbps/500 Mbps for the future” and also seeks to have the FCC take into consideration “affordability, adoption, availability, and equitable access as part of its determination as to whether broadband is being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion.”
