US broadband operators: American netizens are content with 4M speed

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Summary] "Given the industry's commitment to advanced broadband, there is no need to redefine broadband now," At&t said in a report. Consumer behavior is also a clear indication that 10M broadband is beyond the daily basic needs of most American netizens. ”

Tencent Technology News September 11, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering the definition of broadband network from 4Mbps to 10Mbps, but operators are unhappy. At&t and Verizon also wrote, saying that the vast majority of netizens are satisfied with 4M broadband, there is no need to modify the broadband definition.

"Given the industry's commitment to advanced broadband, there is no need to redefine broadband now," At&t said in a report. Consumer behavior is also a clear indication that 10M broadband is beyond the daily basic needs of most American netizens. Verizon also made a similar point.

Independent cable has not yet submitted a review report to the FCC, but its representative body, National Cable Telecommunications Association, also agreed with At&t and Verizon. "The FCC should not revise the broadband benchmark for the 4M downlink and 1M uplink, because it can still effectively meet the main features defined in article No. 706 of the (Telecoms Act)-high-quality voice, video and data," the group said. ”

But Comcast, the US cable operator, says its 47% subscribers enjoy at least 50Mbps broadband services.

The FCC regularly raises the minimum standards for broadband Internet services, a move that could affect the Commission's measure of U.S. industrial progress. 2010, the FCC revised the broadband speed definition, the 200Kbps down speed to a significant increase to 4Mbps. At&t noted that, by 2012, 94% of Americans were already able to use fixed broadband services.

But now, the FCC also said that the 4Mbps speed of the broadband is also obsolete, and proposed to increase its downlink speed to 10Mbps, and the increase in the number of up to how much has not been determined. The FCC chairman, Tom Huiller Tom Wheeler, even said last week that 10M was actually too slow for 25M to truly meet 21st century communications needs.

In 25M, 3/4 Americans have at most one supplier to choose from. In 10M, 8.4% of Americans will not be able to connect to the Internet, and another 30.3% of Americans can only visit one supplier's services. The 4M standard, which looks much better for broadband deployments and competition, is less stressful for telecoms companies to upgrade their infrastructure, and at&t and Verizon want to maintain that standard.

Verizon wrote: "The FCC is asking us for advice with a new speed benchmark." Data show that the availability and practicality of high-speed broadband services are steadily improving, which may be of significance to FCC monitoring of high-speed service progress. At the same time, data show that the current 4M downlink, 1M uplink broadband benchmark is still very popular with users, and still meaningful. ”

In addition, the FCC is considering whether to establish different standards for wired and cellular services, and whether cellular services have the equivalent of "fixed broadband". Verizon wants the cellular service to be identified with the same broadband as cable services, so that the company will be less under pressure, while ensuring that the country also uses faster wired networks. Verizon and AT&T provide "fixed wireless" services, each company's cellular network can provide the family with network services, but only 10 to 30GB per month, which is far below the FCC minimum 100GB requirements.

At&t also objected to the FCC's conclusion, saying: "The FCC simply adds up the abstraction of broadband traffic and thinks it needs to modify the broadband definition to 10M." In fact, the broadband networks and applications that are used today allow for efficient parallel usage patterns, thus requiring fewer broadband totals. "(Sail)