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FCC Redefines Advanced Broadband

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The Federal Communications Commission in January updated its definition of advanced broadband to 25 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloads and 3 Mbps for uploads. That’s up from the previous standard of 4 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps for uploads, a standard set in 2010 and one the FCC called “dated and inadequate.”

Using this new benchmark, the FCC, in its 2015 Broadband Progress Report, finds that broadband in the United States “is failing to keep pace with today’s advanced, high-quality voice, data, graphics and video offerings.”

The report says that using the new definition of advanced broadband, 55 million Americans lack access to advanced broadband. It also finds that “a significant digital divide remains between urban and rural America: Over half of all rural Americans lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps service.”

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