FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, future goal of 1gbps [pdf]

Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by pests on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @07:09PM (#38106681)

I don't actually like connecting to public WiFi spots. Ususally the connection is worse than my cellular and why send data through yet another third party network? At least I have a long established relationship with my service provider.

Continuously streaming video? Not at all, might watch something here or there but most of my device usage is text or just reading. I barely use the phone or texting or social media.

I think we forget just how data-hungry modern apps are. A 1080p "Full-HD" YouTube video will consume 4GB/hour of watch time. Even going down to 480p is still 1GB/hour.

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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by warner25 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @07:27PM (#38106841)

> ...just how data-hungry modern apps are...

True. I really try to avoid using the browser for anything unless I'm on WiFi because a single page (really all the other crap that gets loaded besides the actual content that I'm looking for, even with uBlock Origin) might eat dozens of MB. For a while I used the NPR One app to stream podcasts, but I gave it up when it started using way, way more data than streaming audio should ever require.

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