Recent lobbying by AT&T pushes back against recent proposals to subsidize fiber-to-home deployment across the United States.
Overbuilding or Competition?
Jonathan Sallet writes inBroadband For Americas Future: A Vision for the 2020s.
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As it stands, people’s digital needs are only growing.
This means they require more access to faster internet to stay connected.
Under the FCCs current policy, broadband is defined as any connection capable of 25/3 Mbps.
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But, these speeds are far from suitable for the digital needs many Americans have today.
Additionally, these speedsand the wiring theyre built ondont provide any kind of future-proofing.
This problem will only grow as companies continue to expand using those slower, older internet cable options.
