Redefining 'Broadband' Could Slow Rollout in Rural Areas
Redefining 'Broadband' Could Slow Rollout in Rural Areas
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
September 4, 20176m 18s
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Show Notes
How fast is a broadband internet connection? That question is at the heart of a controversy at the Federal Communications Commission. After a study about connection speeds in the US last year, the FCC decided that too few people had access to high speed internet. But that conclusion never sat right with the commission's Republicans, who argued that the agency set too high a bar in deciding what counts as broadband.
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