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| This is excellent news
"The FCC has shifted the definition of broadband from 200kbps to 768kbps, probably not as high as it should be, but a vast improvement. The agency says they'll also start tracking both downstream and upstream speeds and will scrap the zip code tracking methodology for more substantive census-track level reporting."
This is excellent news, Not only is the "entry level" broadband minimum speed moving up to a more resonable number, by moving census tracts (about 4000 individuals, less than 140 households per tract) we will see much representive value of coverage (something actually map-able)
Unfortunately, the delay means these question won't make it in the 2010 census (finalize questions were just submitted to congress)but shouldn't stop them from doing a yearly survey.
This certainly seems as an important a metric as how many toliets (as long as you have at least one) or tv sets per household. |
