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| So, AT&T U-verse FTTP barely makes the broadband definition? The 6Mbps/1.5Mbps being the lowest "broadband" for legal purposes. I don't know what to think about it.
I used to have AT&T U-verse FTTP/FTTU in a brand-new apartment complex, which is easily capable of 75/35 speeds like those on Verizon FiOS, but instead AT&T tops it out at 18/1.5. Yes, 1.5. Yes, same as the "broadband" definition in these bills. And they still top FTTP to 18/1.5 in this day, 24/3 is only for FTTN/VDSL2.
Now, I'm by no means saying that 1.5Mbps is too high a standard, and that broadband should be defined lower, but, seriously, if you have roughly 50% of the US population that can hardly pass the 1.5Mbps upload broadband mark, and supposedly huge investments by AT&T move us so little ahead, then what's the whole point of the ordeal?
All these companies will take all this money, and give everyone 6/1.5 broadband. Who the hell needs 6/1.5? There should be provisions in these articles for real upgrades, for 100/100 @ 100$/mo, not for upgrading from under 6/1.5 to just barely over 6/1.5.
Heck, broadband should be defined at more like 20/10, and upgrades to affordable 1000/1000 is what should be getting the stimulus. |
