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FCC March Meeting Agenda Includes Votes on New EAS & Cable Pricing Initiates

By George Winslow published

Other items on the tentative agenda for the March 14 meeting include “re-defining ‘high-speed’ internet to match market realities”

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Fiber optic

OVBI: Gigabit Broadband Subs Double YoY to 32.1%

By George Winslow published

Power users gobbling up 5 TB of data per month grew 60% in 2023, according to OpenVault

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FCC Chair Proposes Goal of 100% National Access to Affordable Broadband

By George Winslow published

Rosenworcel is also proposing to boost the broadband minimum speed standard to 100/20 Mbps and to set a future goal of 1 Gbps/500 Mbps

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Jessica Rosenworcel

FCC Chair Rosenworcel Proposes 4X Increase in Minimum Broadband Speeds

By George Winslow published

Rosenworcel called current minimum FCC broadband speed requirements “harmful” and proposed a long-term goal of 1 Gbps

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Verizon Tops Ookla’s Fixed Broadband Speed Tests

By George Winslow published

Verizon was the fastest fixed broadband provider among top providers in the U.S. in Q1 2022 with a median download speed of 184.36 Mbps, according to Ookla

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Mediacom Boosts Download Speeds

By George Winslow published

Most customers will see an increase of between 33% and 100% in download speeds

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Comcast Boosts Broadband Speeds in the Northeast

By George Winslow published

Comcast’s Northeast Division boosts speeds of most popular tiers in Maine through Virginia for many customers

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Average Broadband Usage Hits A Record Half a Terabyte In 4Q21

By George Winslow published

Data consumption has increased by 165% since Q4 2017 according to OpenVault

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