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centurylink tiers

3 of 4 centurylink tiers are now against fcc law as of today

FCC Officially Redefines Broadband As 25 Mbps Down, 3 Mbps Up

can Centurylink exist anymore my answer is no.
coryw
join:2013-12-22
Flagstaff, AZ

coryw

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This is absolutely not what happened.

Before today, "broadband" was 4/1, but that didn't mean that 1.5m and 3m tiers were "against the law."

What this means is that if CenturyLink asks for financial assistance from the government to build out a new network to an underserved or rural area, the network they build must be capable of delivering 25/3.

As it happens, CenturyLink hasn't really been classifying its services as "broadband" for a while anyway. It's "High Speed Internet" and in the eyes of the telecoms, that's different.

Even if CenturyLink calls your connection "broadband" -- it already exists and was built during a time when that level of performance was considered acceptable for "broadband," and as such, nothing will be done about it until whenever CL was going to upgrade it anyway.

NormanS
I gave her time to steal my mind away
MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA

NormanS to anon17268

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said by anon17268 :

3 of 4 centurylink tiers are now against fcc law as of today ...

The FCC does not make law; that is reserved to the U.S. Congress.
mn_dsl_man
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mn_dsl_man

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The FCC can create rules and regulations that may define services and sanctions, but not punishments.
»www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia ··· title-47
easp
join:2007-08-29
Seattle, WA

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said by NormanS:

The FCC does not make law; that is reserved to the U.S. Congress.

And they aren't in much hurry to do that