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/DrAstralis 3080 | 9800X3D | 32GB DDR5@6000 | 1440p@165hz Aug 20 '26

Soooooooo the USA wants to be the AI / Data Center hub of the world, but also doesnt seem to think speed, bandwidth, and installation rate of the internet is worth considering anymore?

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u/386U0Kh24i1cx89qpFB1 Aug 20 '26

Corporations? Good internet. Consumers? Fuck off It's your fault you haven't spent millions of dollars building infrastructure to your home on slave wages. Stop being poor.

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u/etzarahh Aug 20 '26

Nah, these guys are talking about consumer technology, aka us peasants. Datacenters will get the latest and greatest connectivity, paid for by the taxpayer.

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u/hitlicks4aliving Aug 21 '26

The data center will pay Lumen 100k to run the fiber line directly to the backbone doesn’t matter anyway