Broadband Definition Fight

Ricardo Trejo Sep 6, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Internet

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So who else was a bit surprised that G4 was actually capable of bringing you a quality interview about something not related to a meme or a crappy youtube video?

Anyway, the interview is with MG Siegler of TechCrunch,who shines a bit of light on this whole definition battle between the FCC and the ISP's on what constitues as "broadband speed". Rural areas are looking to get their hands on the high speed internet per Obama's plans to have everyone snag a piece of the digital pie. However, these companies are looking to put in as least amount of cash that they can do so - hence why they would like to clearly define what THEY feel is "high speed" internet.

And THEY believe broadband is lower than 1mb per second, whereas other country's like Japan and Korea get 80 to 90mbps speeds.

[G4 Via TechCrunch]