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The FCC just quadrupled the download speed required to market internet as ‘broadband’ ISPs now have to offer 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up to slap the coveted label on their services.
Verizon is doubling the top speed of its residential DSL services to 3M bit/sec downloads, a response no doubt to the faster speeds offered by cable TV operators through their cable modem services.