Some of you in the U.S. who thought you had a broadband Internet connection just last week may be surprised to find out you don't now. That's because the U.S. FCC now defines broadband as supporting 4 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps for uploads, according to their new report.
The last time the FCC redefined broadband in 2008, required conenction speeds were only 0.768 Mbps (768 Kbps) or greater. Why the large increase now? And does it really mean anything? Most networking savvy folks know that bandwidth numbers represent only one part of a high speed Internet connection; that other factors like network latency also need taken into account. Time to ditch the term "broadband" entirely, methinks.
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