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/decmcc Aug 20 '26

Ajit Pai was a Verizon lawyer, then the head of the FCC.

Regulatory capture has eroded this country from within

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u/All_Thread 9800X3D | 5080 | X870E-E | 48GB DDR5 Aug 20 '26

I live in a PUD area so I get 70 dollar fiber. It could be like that if we had PUD across the country.

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u/decmcc Aug 20 '26

lol, when I lived in Ireland I paid €27/month for 400mb down and 100mb up, that was 15 years ago.

while some areas will have a decent roll out (maybe someone on your local gov was a former network engineer and saw opportunity), others will be underserved so 5G or satellite can compete.

You would never even consider starlink if you had $30 fiber (even shared fiber), but when the choice is between no Internet or starlink, the price seems a lot better.

then in 5 years when most people stop laying fiber the price goes up. You remember when Uber and grubhub were affordable? that's where starlink is now.

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u/All_Thread 9800X3D | 5080 | X870E-E | 48GB DDR5 Aug 20 '26

I mean half the PUDs in my state are building a fiber network. Over 9k miles built. It's just reinvestvedting back what we put in.

lol

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u/Bigd1979666 PC Master Race Aug 23 '26

That's not bad. Think we pay 50 here in France for 2gbps up and down , tv, and land line with no data caps. I'd never pay more than that and is why I won't move back to the USA.