AT&T and Verizon say 10Mbps is too fast for “broadband,” 4Mbps is enough

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T&T and Verizon have asked the Federal Communications Commission not to change its definition of broadband from 4Mbps to 10Mbps, saying many Internet users get by just fine at the lower speeds.

"Given the pace at which the industry is investing in advanced capabilities, there is no present need to redefine 'advanced' capabilities," AT&T wrote in a filing made public Friday after the FCC’s comment deadline (see FCC proceeding 14-126). "Consumer behavior strongly reinforces the conclusion that a 10Mbps service exceeds what many Americans need today to enable basic, high-quality transmissions," AT&T wrote later in its filing. Verizon made similar arguments.

Individual cable companies did not submit comments to the FCC, but their representative, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), agrees with AT&T and Verizon.

“The Commission should not change the baseline broadband speed threshold from 4Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream because a 4/1 Mbps connection is still sufficient to perform the primary functions identified in section 706 [of the Telecommunications Act]—high-quality voice, video, and data,” the NCTA wrote.

About 47 percent of Comcast subscribers get at least 50Mbps, the company says.

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[SaiyanGoku]

and here we are stuck with 512 kbps as the minimum

 

[HBK007]

and here we are stuck with 512 kbps as the minimum

Those Americans and some of the Europeans have one helluva time using their internet day in and day out while we Indians wait for the the page to load while we cry....

 

[ankush28]

Re: AT&T and Verizon say 10Mbps is too fast for “broadband,” 4Mbps is enough

Even I agree that 4-8MBps speed is enough for BROWSING, HD/FHD data streaming and most "legal" downloads.

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Those Americans and some of the Europeans have one helluva time using their internet day in and day out while we Indians wait for the the page to load while we cry....

Are you on 256kbps or what? Which website needs that much time? Torrenting in background?

 

[kalam_gohab]

4 mbps is not enough for watching hd youtube videos.

 

[rish1]

4 mbps is not enough for watching hd youtube videos.

i had no problems running 720p youtube videos on a 2 Mbps connection .. 4 mbps should be able to handle 1080p i guess

 

[kalam_gohab]

i had no problems running 720p youtube videos on a 2 Mbps connection .. 4 mbps should be able to handle 1080p i guess

Let us say that 1080 p runs good but then what about the fup limit? Would a pain to see it deplete just In a matter of days.

 

[seamon]

Let us say that 1080 p runs good but then what about the fup limit? Would a pain to see it deplete just In a matter of days.

I think Americans are talking about 4mbps Unlimited.

 

[Nerevarine]

do other countries have FUP policies ?

 

[HBK007]

Re: AT&T and Verizon say 10Mbps is too fast for “broadband,” 4Mbps is enough

Even I agree that 4-8MBps speed is enough for BROWSING, HD/FHD data streaming and most "legal" downloads.

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Are you on 256kbps or what? Which website needs that much time? Torrenting in background?

I guess I will have to have a poster accompanying my post whenever I use the means of exaggeration to compare two different levels which in this case is the difference between the awesome net speeds of USA(avg. 40 mbps) and the pitiable speeds of our country. Trust me when I tell you when you upload things and download big files(legitimate disc image files from Microsoft after buying them online, for e.g.) then you see the difference.

 

[Raaabo]

I'm happy with my connection. I get 4MBps download and upload, and no FUP. And some popular torrents at upto 30MBps...

 

[AbhMkh]

I am just fine with my 16 MBPS/160 GB connection.To the people who say that high speed broadband isn't available in INDIA I say this, spend more and get higher speed's or GTFO !

In my area(Dwarka, Delhi), Tata Indicom is offering plans upto 100 MBPS/500 GB at a rental of 5k

 

[Sarath]

I'm on a 8mbps/100GB plan by airtel, burns around 2200/month. Overall I'm pretty happy with my connection.

 

[kalam_gohab]

Well, here in hyderabad, beam offers 15mbps for 1000rs but offers only 50gb as fup limit. It gets depleted only by browsing

 

[rish1]

Well, here in hyderabad, beam offers 15mbps for 1000rs but offers only 50gb as fup limit. It gets depleted only by browsing ��

seriously 50 gb over with Browsing only ????

that's not even possible

if you are referring to watching video sites then that is called streaming .. not browsing..

 

[HBK007]

And still there are some areas near Delhi and in NCR where people are stuck with BSNL......... I think it's max. 8mbps with a pretty low data cap.

 

[Raaabo]

Just to be clear [MENTION=261170]AbhMkh[/MENTION] I put MBps as megabytes (to differentiate from Mbps - Megabits). Did you mean 16 Mbps or MBps?

 

[AbhMkh]

Just to be clear [MENTION=261170]AbhMkh[/MENTION] I put MBps as megabytes (to differentiate from Mbps - Megabits). Did you mean 16 Mbps or MBps?

I meant megabytes.16 MBPS is the connection speed so I actually get 2 MBPS upload/download

 

[ratul]

I'm happy with my connection. I get 4MBps download and upload, and no FUP. And some popular torrents at upto 30MBps...

Digit office?
We indians have shitty govt. to support our uber shitty plans. 4mbps unlimited without FUP should be bare minimum available as the broadband at <₹1k, might be achievable somewhere near the year 2030 at the current progress speed..

 

[rijinpk1]

I meant megabytes.16 MBPS is the connection speed so I actually get 2 MBPS upload/download

16Mbps(mega bits per sec)= 2 MBps(mega bytes per sec).