Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
3Mbps uploads still fast enough for US homes, Ajit Pai says in final report from r/technology
Rosenworcel said that Pai’s report obscures “the hard truth that the digital divide is very real and very big” and that “it confounds logic that today the FCC decides to release a report that says that broadband is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.”
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more on netneutrality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=netneutrality
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20 from r/technology
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-will-step-down-on-january-20.html
In 2017, Pai voted with his fellow Republican commissioners to remove rules that prohibited internet providers from blocking or slowing traffic to particular sites and offering higher speed “lanes” at higher prices. Many major internet providers have not yet taken advantage of that rule change, however.
Net neutrality advocates cheered Pai’s departure online.
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more on netneutrality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=netneutrality
my note: what does Ajit Pai and his war against #netneutrality have to say about it: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-repeal-vote.html
US Falls Out of Top 10 Average Internet Speeds Globally in 2020 While Global Speeds Faster Than Ever from r/technology
https://decisiondata.org/news/analysis-us-falls-out-of-top-10-average-internet-speeds/
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more on Internet speed in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=internet+speed