Civil Rights Group Urges FCC to Hike Broadband Speed Benchmark; 706 Report Looms
The FCC should raise a fixed broadband speed benchmark above 25/3 Mbps in its upcoming Telecom Act Section 706 report on adequacy of advanced telecom capability deployment, said the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. "After three years of…
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maintaining the benchmark at 25/3 Mbps, now is the time for the Commission to take a forward-looking approach and raise the standard for broadband," said Monday's filing in docket 18-238. "Increasing the broadband benchmark speed is important as households connect to an increasing number of devices for a variety of high-bandwidth uses such as online educational classes and tutoring, video conferencing, telemedicine, and 'internet of things' devices." It said the 25/3 Mbps benchmark "falls far short of the goals the Commission set in the 2010 National Broadband Plan -- namely, networks capable of delivering 50/20 Mbps by 2015 and 100/50 Mbps by 2020." The latest 706 report was due Tuesday, said an FCC spokesperson. Most staffers were furloughed for over three weeks during the recent partial government shutdown.