One household per zip code!

Forget one laptop per child, the FCC today considers one household per zip code as proof of broadband availability.

With 110 million households in US and 40,000 zip codes, we have an average of 2750 households per zip code. 1 out of 2750 is awfully small sample for the FCC.

The FCC also classifies any speed above 200 Kbps as broadband. Japan's average broadband in contrast is 61Mbps.

Some Congressmen are not happy. They want a Broadband Census and a minimum definition for broadband qualification of 2 Mbps.

As I wrote earlier, you can see why some folks do not think the FCC regulates. It protects status quo.

Update: California wants to lead the country in pushing for faster broadband

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[james]

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