Trump FCC Weakens U.S. Broadband Speed Goals To The Benefit Of Elon Musk And Comcast

Trump FCC Weakens U.S. Broadband Speed Goals To The Benefit Of Elon Musk And Comcast

I've spent the better part of a lifetime studying and writing about the way corrupted lawmakers and U.S. telecom giants work hand in hand to erode U.S. broadband standards and mapping so they can obscure the way corruption and monopoly result in limited broadband competition -- resulting in shitty, expensive, spotty, and slow U.S. internet…

Ars Technica: FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

Ars Technica: FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies. “The Federal Communications Commission last week eliminated the gigabit speed goal established during the Biden administration and declared that current levels of broadband deployment in the US are acceptable.”

FCC drops long-term gigabit broadband speed goal for Americans

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) The Federal Communications Commission has officially killed a long-term goal of delivering gigabit download and 500 megabit upload speeds to Americans, rolling back broadband ambitions set during the Biden administration. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr followed through on a threat he made earlier in 2025, scrapping the target as part of a broader broadba…