At News.com, Anne Broache reports that the FCC will be tracking broadband with more precision and re-defining the lower limits of ‘broadband,’ FCC approves new method for tracking broadband’s reach:
- 200Kbps speeds are no longer considered ‘broadband.’
- Broadband service speeds will have to be reported both for uploads and downloads.
- Upload and download speeds will have to be reported in a more specific way.
- ISPs will be required to report numbers of subscribers, and at the census-block level.
- ISPs will not have to report the prices they charge….yet.
The order is not yet available on the Commission’s web site, but the minimum speed considered broadband will be now 768 kbps instead of 200.
