r/pcmasterrace • u/FreeHugs23 • Aug 20 '26

News/Article FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies | FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be “technologically neutral.”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/fcc-abolishes-gigabit-speed-goal-suggesting-it-is-unfair-to-slower-technologies/
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u/FreeToasterBaths Aug 20 '26

Number scare most Americans and 10 is a big old double digit number.

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u/DrShocker Specs/Imgur Here Aug 20 '26

Isn't that just 1 higher than 1?

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u/CounterThrowCyborg Aug 20 '26

Fucking stupid or binary, call it

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u/DrSheldonLCooperPhD Aug 20 '26

How much banana is it

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u/S-r-ex 9800X3D | 32GB | Sapphire 9070XT Pure Aug 20 '26

More than 20 baby elephants.

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u/GovernorMarley1 Aug 20 '26

No, it's 0 higher than 1. 1 and 10 are the same.

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u/DrShocker Specs/Imgur Here Aug 20 '26

Wait, I think you're onto something here.

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u/HelpMeOverHere Aug 20 '26

You laugh but Americans think that 1/4 is more than 1/3 :(

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u/chief_running_joke_ i9 12900k | 48 GB | 7900XT Aug 20 '26

Found the bot

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u/DrShocker Specs/Imgur Here Aug 20 '26

beep boop, please provide me your mother's maiden name.

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u/CubesTheGamer Aug 20 '26

That’s 100% more numbers! Double!

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u/mrspaznout Aug 20 '26

Iteration inconsistency detected.

Run diagnostic and continue iteration.

Inconsistency noted in "Fail Protocol" cache.

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u/ArgyllAtheist Aug 20 '26

10? sounds kinda metric... maybe americans would react better to their internet speeds if they were a multiple of 12 or sixteen.... :D

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u/PSGAnarchy Aug 20 '26

Nah you need a system where every different unit for the same measurement uses a different base. KB in base 12. MB in base 15 and then gb in base 10000, just for funsies

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u/Nojopar Aug 20 '26

What kinda commie pinko weirdo bastard is pushing '10'? That some sort of fruity European metric takeover??? Not on our watch buddy! Better dead than giga-red!

/s

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u/accid80 Aug 20 '26

what's that in football fields?

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u/punktualPorcupine Aug 20 '26

Numbers with a G after them are the devils werk! It’ll give you the mind virus and activate the nano bots in the vaccineeees!!

Get your cranial tinfoil protectors and horse paste NOW at http:shadySams/buymore/horsepaste/tottalyA.scam

/s because people are dum(b).

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u/Oni_K Aug 20 '26

Base 10 is metric, and therefore woke. US internet speeds to be measured in Bibles per Fortnight.

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u/JMccovery Ryzen 5900XT | 64GB DDR4-3200 | XFX 9070 OC Aug 20 '26

That being said, what is the average amount of Bibles per fortnight?

Also, are we talking KJV or NIV?

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u/berniestness Aug 20 '26

10 is entirely to many kinds of things… please make it stop.. make tha bad man stop.

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u/trollsmurf 14700KF | 32G | 5070 Ti | 2T | U27G4XM + 2x U2412M | Z906 Aug 20 '26

Consider then that it's 10,000,000,000 bits/second. That's a lot of zeros.