US telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon have called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to boost its definition of broadband to 10Mbps from its current benchmark of 4Mbps. In ...

COVID-19 made broadband access a necessity for many households and further underscored the depth of the digital divide. As the federal government continues programs to provide high-speed Internet to ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has redefined advanced broadband as having 25Mbps download speeds, up from 4Mbps, giving the agency new authority to pass rules to encourage deployment ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today finally put a realistic definition on what broadband really is, and all of a sudden the cable companies’ argument that there’s plenty of competition ...

The official definition of “broadband” in the US has changed, regulators have announced. The minimum speed required to call a connection broadband will rise from 25Mbps to 100Mbps. That was part of a ...

The US Government Accountability Office says the FCC's definition of broadband internet, 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up, needs an update. I've been writing about tech, including everything from privacy and ...

Editor’s note: The next president is in for a rough welcome to the Oval Office given the list of immediate crises and slow-burning policy challenges, both foreign and domestic. What should Washington ...

The US Federal Communications Commission has quadrupled the minimum speed that it considers “broadband” internet to better reflect the way people use the internet today (and what internet service ...