We’re trudging down the long road to universal 4Mbps broadband
Sep 3rd, 2010
Judging by the Federal Communications Commission’s latest survey , we’re still pretty far away from the FCC’s National Broadband Plan goal of 4Mbps Internet download speeds for everyone. The agency’s newest statistics indicate that out of 71 million wireline household connections, less than half (44 percent) matched or exceeded that benchmark, with its upload goal of 1Mbps. Meanwhile, the number of consumers with full mobile wireless Internet accounts shot up by 40 percent from January through June of 2009, to 35 million subscribers. 25 million had such access at the end of 2008

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