Broadband Speeds in Perspective: A Comparison of National Broadband Goals from Around the Globe
The National Broadband Plan was released this past Tuesday with a vision for broadband in America. The Plan proposes two goals for broadband access: a “universalization target of 4 Mbps [megabits per second] download and 1 Mbps upload,” as well as a goal that “100 million U.S. homes should have affordable access to actual download speeds of at least 100 Mbps and actual upload speeds of at least 50 Mbps by 2020.” Our analyses compare universal broadband speed goals with multiple other countries from around the globe.
