Comment on Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband
Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 months agoOK thanks, as a bottom level cheap option, that’s not too bad. It’s not great, but it should be enough for essential tasks.
Comment on Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband
Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 months agoOK thanks, as a bottom level cheap option, that’s not too bad. It’s not great, but it should be enough for essential tasks.
Cheems@lemmy.world 6 months ago
While looking for that I also found something saying the FCC wants to raise the requirements of it it 100 but the last vote didn’t go through
Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wow, that would be pretty great, unless there’s a data cap, which makes it useless.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Caps are allowed but the FCC has shown interest in regulating it. Maybe some decade.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
With caps it’s completely worthless. It’s not broadband if it’s throttled below it.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I think 100 is unreasonable, especially if it’s a minimum agreed level of service. Peak usage would absolutely suffer and be hard to maintain at that level.
I think the should raise it to 25/10 though. 3mbps up sucks for things like video calls. 5 is probably enough, but 3 is just too low.
I personally have 50/25 ($55/month total), and it’s plenty fast for everything I’ve needed. I plan to upgrade soon when I get on my city’s new fiber network, but I’m unwilling to pay for anything much faster right now.