FCC raises broadband bar to 768KBPS

Only a hyper arrogant government bureaucracy would actually be willing to admit to such an irrelevant shift in policy. The fact is that 768KBPS is so far away from the world class standard for broadband this calls into question the ability for said agency to serve competently as the regulating body for this market. Rather than being good public servants, the agency is once again proving themselves to be good lap dogs for the duopoly.

The FCC has shifted the definition of broadband from 200kbps to 768kbps, probably not as high as it should be, but a vast improvement. The agency says they’ll also start tracking both downstream and upstream speeds and will scrap the zip code tracking methodology for more substantive census-track level reporting. Carriers still won’t be required to release data on the prices they charge for different speeds. (Broadband Reports)