Calif. Assemblymember Adds 100/100 Mbps Goal to Broadband Bill
A 100 Mbps symmetrical speed goal will be added to a California bill that would allow 25 Mbps downloads and 3 Mbps uploads in proposed California Advanced Services Fund projects, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) said in a statement Tuesday. The…
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change to AB-570 follows Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) seeking 100 Mbps download speed targets through executive order (see 2008180045). Aguiar-Curry expects to move the measure out of the Senate Appropriations Committee this week, she said. A rival bill, SB-1130 by Sen. Lena Gonzalez (D), is also expected to get a vote this week in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Newsom’s order “reads like an implementation statement for AB 570 and is a great signal for the prospects for my bill,” said Aguiar-Curry. The lawmaker hopes the EO will be "a catalyst for continued cooperation between the Administration, Senator Gonzalez and myself so we can be successful in closing the digital divide with technology that will meet the future demands of all Californians, in small towns and big cities,” she said.