By Jennifer Michel
The Federal Communications Commission will vote in two weeks on whether to eliminate the 1000 * 500 Mbps broadband speed goal set in 2024 by then-Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
Under the Notice, set for a vote August 7, the FCC would discard several key standards established during the previous administration, including the long-term gigabit speed target and efforts to analyze broadband affordability and adoption.
“Assuming a long-term goal of 1,000 * 500 Mbps may be unreasonably prejudicial to technologies such as satellite and fixed wireless that presently do not support such speeds,” the Notice states. “Maintaining such a goal risks skewing the market by unnecessarily potentially picking technological winners and losers.”
