The FCC changed its definition of what constitutes broadband service. For over a decade, the standard has been set at 200 Kbps downstream, but the FCC now puts it at 4 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream.
"This is a minimum speed generally required for using today's video-rich broadband applications and services, while retaining sufficient capacity for basic web browsing and e-mail," the FCC said.
a step toward keeping up with the faster internet services in the world. good thing im way over 4Mbps
doesn't mean my telco will care australia lives in the dark ages