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/popejupiter PopeJupiter Aug 20 '26

I worked in a call center a decade ago that also housed a Hughesnet competitor. I forget which one, but it doesn't matter. This was in the infancy of Netflix streaming, so we asked one of our coworkers on the net account what the caps were. IIRC, you could watch maybe a couple of movies before you hit your data cap for the month.

Me, who would go on to stream YouTube on my phone for upwards of 7 hours a day without looking at the screen even once: lmao.

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u/Narrow-Key365 Aug 20 '26

Viasat, maybe?

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u/popejupiter PopeJupiter Aug 20 '26

Sounds right. I seem to recall they were either Viasat then they got bought out by someone, or they became Viasat after the buy out.

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u/rubytook Aug 22 '26

WildBlue?