Former FCC Chairman Ajit Bay Leave the buildingBut not without giving the telecom industry a final touch: In its latest annual report on broadband, He determined that 3Mbps download speeds and 25Mbps download speeds are still more than good enough for Americans (via Ars Technica).

The report reads: „We found that the current speed standard of 25/3 Mbps remains a suitable metric for evaluating whether the fixed service provides advanced communications capability.”

How is that? Because the FCC feels this is what the law requires: “We conclude that fixed services with speeds of 25/3 Mbps continue to meet the legal definition of advanced communications capabilities; that is, enabling these services[] To create and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics and video communications. ”

I don’t know what you consider „high quality”, but I know from experience that my download speed is 5 Mbps. For which I am paying $ 100 a monthMy family is not allowed to „grow” too often with heavy video uploads or game broadcasts.

Incidentally, those speeds of 25Mbps / 3Mbps aren’t even the bare minimum, as the Annual Broadband Report is not something to apply. It’s a standard by which the FCC determines whether or not it is doing its job to help bridge the digital divide – where Up to 1 in 3 households in the United States do not have broadband internet access at all. Currently, if one ISP claims, it can deliver a single internet connection at a rate of 25Mbps / 3Mbps Anywhere in the entire enumeration blockNot to mention your home, the FCC considers its mission accomplished. Oh, and the FCC isn’t even reviewing these numbers! It’s a kind of „fox guarding the chicken house.”.

Some reporting flaws Are fixedBut speeds And the exorbitant prices being paid by the United States incorrect.

As for Bay, which tops our list The 84 biggest technical failures of the decadeHe is now free to find a lucrative job as a lobbyist in the telecom industry. Former President Donald Trump gave his entire administration explicit permission to do so. This resulted in a five-year ban on officials putting pressure on their former agencies, On his way out of the door.