I get about 23/6 Mbps for $50/month here in Silicon Valley from my ATT DSL line.
> On May 27, 2021, at 18:11, Matt Brennan <brenna...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'd love to see 100/100, but I don't see it happening anytime soon ... > especially for $50. > > I pay $150/month for 300/8 at home and that's the best upload I can get where > I live ... in a major city. > >> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:41 PM Eric Dugas via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: >> I'm not in the US but in Canada it's been 50/10 since 2016 and we're just >> "almost" there yet. IMO the target should have been more like 100/30 or even >> 50 of upload. >> >> 100/100 might be a bit short sighted considering it'll take years to >> accomplish the necessary last-mile/distribution upgrades in rural areas. >> >>> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:31 PM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: >>> >>> What should be the new minimum speed for "broadband" in the U.S.? >>> >>> >>> This is the list of past minimum broadband speed definitions by year >>> >>> year speed >>> >>> 1999 200 kbps in both directions (this was chosen as faster than >>> dialup/ISDN speeds) >>> >>> 2000 200 kbps in at least one direction (changed because too many service >>> providers had 128 kbps upload) >>> >>> 2010 4 mbps down / 1 mbps up >>> >>> 2015 25 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up (wired) >>> 5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up (wireless) >>> >>> 2021 ??? / ??? (some Senators propose 100/100 mbps) >>> >>> Not only in major cities, but also rural areas >>> >>> Note, the official broadband definition only means service providers can't >>> advertise it as "broadband" or qualify for subsidies; not that they must >>> deliver better service. >>>
