Am surprised to see the pushback asserting this will cause prices to rise. This speed was practical on comcast's cable system back in 2007 (when we got it) and

Am surprised to see the pushback asserting this will cause prices to rise. This speed was practical on comcast's cable system back in 2007 (when we got it) and probably earlier. There is a wealth of evidence that higher bandwidth has minimal to marginal costs for typical residential usage. On to the actual proposal, it raises the minimums from: * Down: 25mbps --> 100mbps * Up: 3mbps --> 20mbps As a head of household of 5, I carefully monitored and managed our internet usage during covid, and upgraded from comcast to AT&T fiber (1g symmetric). I can say with high certainty that the previous minimum (25/3) would be severely inadequate for a family of 5. This bump to 100/20, while not amazing, is a good step in the right direction. It would make 5 people working/learning remotely at least _possible_. TLDR: The tech is cheap and decades old. There should be minimal cost to ISPs. The best arguments in this thread, imho, are that we should strive for even higher.