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FCC Should Define Broadband on 'Actual Consumer Usage': FSF

The FCC should define broadband based on "an evidence-based model that reflects actual demand from actual users in actual real-world circumstances," blogged Free State Foundation President Randolph May and Senior Fellow Andrew Long Thursday. May and Long cited Chairwoman Jessica…

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Rosenworcel's proposal circulated in July that would seek comment on the state of broadband deployment and increase the national fixed broadband standard to 100/20 Mbps (see 2307250068). A fact-intensive assessment of real-world use cases taking into account the actual speeds and performance Americans require today and in the foreseeable future" would "produce a more informed, more fiscally responsible working definition" of broadband, they said.