NTCA, FBA Propose 100/100 Mbps Benchmark in Section 706 Report

Raise the benchmark in the Section 706 report from 25/3 Mbps downstream/upstream to 100/100, NTCA and the Fiber Broadband Association told the FCC. The FCC “persists in positing that a fixed broadband benchmark of 25/3 Mbps -- the same benchmark it has used for the last five years -- is good enough,” said a Friday filing in docket 20-269. “By any measure, this benchmark does not reflect what American consumers need today, let alone tomorrow,” they said. Chairman Ajit Pai is expected to seek a vote on the report before he leaves Jan. 20 (see 2012160051).