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Re: HughesNet Satellite Broadband?
Old story, but whoever feeds the lobbyists best, wins out over the consumer.
»news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-98981···1_3-0-20
200Kbps speeds are no longer considered "broadband." Until this point, the FCC has considered any service that produces 200Kbps speeds in the upload or download direction to be "high speed." With Wednesday's vote, that methodology is no more. Now, 768Kbps, which is the entry-level speed offered by major DSL providers like Verizon, will be considered the low end of "basic broadband," a range that extends to under 1.5Mbps.
Another definition for 'broadband' is two signals sharing one line.
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