COVID-19 made broadband access a necessity for many households and further underscored the depth of the digital divide. As the federal government continues programs to provide high-speed Internet to ...

Is 4 Mbps enough to truly be considered "broadband" anymore? That's what the FCC will be looking into. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better ...

The Federal Communications Commission defines “broadband” Internet as bandwidth of 4Mbps downstream and 1Mbps up. But many Internet services want consumers to use more than that. Netflix, for example, ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a formal announcement this week confirming what all of us already knew to be true: that piddling download speeds of 4 mega-bit-per-second (Mbps) ...

HARRISBURG – Everyone in Pennsylvania has access to broadband – at least, according to the definition set by state lawmakers in the early 2000s. But ask residents of rural areas about their internet ...

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) is back and wants the world to know that the idea of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) raising the definition of broadband to 25 ...

The last time the Federal Communications Commission updated its definition for broadband internet, Mad Men was still airing new episodes on TV. The agency’s minimum broadband speeds—25 megabits per ...

AT&T and Verizon have asked the Federal Communications Commission not to change its definition of broadband from 4Mbps to 10Mbps, saying many Internet users get by just fine at the lower speeds.

US telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon have called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to boost its definition of broadband to 10Mbps from its current benchmark of 4Mbps. In ...

The federal government should encourage broadband deployment at speeds of at least 100 Mbps -- a fourfold increase from the Federal Communications Commission's current benchmark of 25 Mbps -- a group ...

A government floor for broadband speeds has been stuck at 25/3Mbps since 2015. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get ...

Editor’s note: The next president is in for a rough welcome to the Oval Office given the list of immediate crises and slow-burning policy challenges, both foreign and domestic. What should Washington ...