Re:Starlink Beta Has Outperformed Most Internet in the US
by pintxo on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @09:06AM
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You might have different definitions of broadband.
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Re:Starlink Beta Has Outperformed Most Internet in the US
by Merem on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @10:14AM
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That's not how it works though. The International Telecommunication Union's definition is relevant here. For instance, in 2010, it was: "[...]downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s...".[1]
There was also talk about increasing it to 2 Mbit/s some years ago.[2]
Not that that change would make a difference if you look at broadband accessibility for Germany here.[3]
Point is: What was written was a load of bollocks. There were no facts to back up the statement but people lapped it up anyway.
[1] https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/material/TelecomICT_Indicators...
[2] https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/committees/scv/Documents/T17-SC...
[3] https://www.bmvi.de/DE/Themen/Digitales/Breitbandausbau/Brei...