U.S. FCC Re-Defines Basic Broadband

In June, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order reclassifying residential broadband Internet services. Their earlier definition required only that a service support 200 Kbps or greater to qualify as broadband. Having obviously fallen far behind modern Internet technology, the U.S. classification has been long due for an overhaul.

Now, the FCC defines basic broadband service as supporting a minimum of 768 Kbps network bandwidth. Those services operating at lower speeds between 200 and 768 Kbps formerly considered "broadband" are now to be known as first generation data networks.

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