FCC Raises Broadband Speed Requirements to 100 Mbps Downloads: What This Means for Internet Users

FCC Raises Broadband Speed Requirements to 100 Mbps Downloads: What This Means for Internet Users

The minimum download speed required for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to call an Internet service broadband has been quadrupled in a sudden but significant move. This is the first time since 2015 that the FCC’s internet speed rules have been changed. The new standards aim for 100 Mbps downloads and 20 Mbps uploads. According … Read more

Saxony-Anhalt: Schools online by the end of 2022 | Municipality21

[21.7.2022] By the end of this year, all schools in Saxony-Anhalt should have a fiber optic connection. A digital map and a map app provide information about the current progress. By the end of 2022, almost 900 locations of general and vocational schools in Saxony-Anhalt are to be connected to the fiber optic network. The … Read more

Real name requirements create bureaucracy, but not security

With the revised Telecommunications Act, the federal government wants to improve digitization in Germany through more and better broadband connections – but at the last minute some critical changes were made to the text. Ralf Benzmüller, Executive Speaker G DATA CyberDefense, comments as follows: “With the amendment to the TKG, an important goal is being … Read more

Before the state elections – balance sheet digitization: How is Baden-Württemberg doing with the fast internet? – Baden-Württemberg

Empty conduits in which fiber optic cables will later be laid. Photo: dpa / Patrick Pleul – — The corona lockdown has relentlessly exposed the gaps in the country’s digitization. What has the green-black state government achieved in this area? – Stuttgart – The illusion that digitization in the southwest was on the right track … Read more

this is SpaceX satellite internet

SpaceX, the aerospace company of Elon Musk, has many open fronts. Among them, one of the best known is Starlink: your project to offer satellite internet and thus connect the most remote places via broadband. High speed connection from anywhere on the planet. At the end of October, after a private beta for employees – … Read more