The Federal Communications Commission today adopted new, higher download and upload speeds as the benchmark for determining whether or not broadband is being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion.
The new benchmarks are 100 megabits per second for downloads and 20 Mbps for uploads, an increase from the agency's 25/3 standard set in 2015. The new determination is part of the FCC’s regular assessment of the state of broadband deployment under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act. The FCC, under chair Jessica Rosenworcel, set the latest review last November, signaling that the Biden administration sees 1 gigabit per second as future table stakes for the definition of high-speed broadband that is today’s “advanced telecommunications.”
