Commerce: Broadband Choice Dwindles As Speeds Increase

By ( Broadcasting & Cable ) published

A new report from the Department of Commerce finds that there is "far more" broadband competition at slower speeds than higher.

That is according to a report from the Economics and Statistics Administration and based on the National Telecommunications & Information Administration's National Broadband Map and Census Bureau figures, though those figures are a year old (from December 2013), so it is a snapshot of a target that is always moving, generally toward higher-speed rollouts.

The report appears to buttress arguments by the Administration and FCC that high-speed should be the new definition of broadband access.

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John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.