FCC Should Define Broadband on 'Actual Consumer Usage': FSF
The FCC should define broadband based on "an evidence-based model that reflects actual demand from actual users in actual real-world circumstances," blogged Free State Foundation President Randolph May and Senior Fellow Andrew Long Thursday. May and Long cited Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel's proposal circulated in July that would seek comment on the state of broadband deployment and increase the national fixed broadband standard to 100/20 Mbps (see 2307250068). A fact-intensive assessment of real-world use cases taking into account the actual speeds and performance Americans require today and in the foreseeable future" would "produce a more informed, more fiscally responsible working definition" of broadband, they said.