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发帖数: 20761 | 1 U.S. Broadband Speeds Accelerate
New FCC report is optimistic about American broadband Internet technologies.
By Sean Michael Kerner | Posted Jan 4, 2016
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The U.S Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its latest Measuring
Broadband America report on December 30, providing a snapshot of the state
of high-speed networking.
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The big top-line result is that broadband networking speeds are on the rise
in the U.S., in a big way. The average maximum advertised broadband speed
across the U.S in September of 2014 was 72 Mbps, a 94 percent year-over-year
gain from 37.2 Mbps in September 2013.
That said, there is a difference between the maximum advertised speeds and
the actual download speeds that end users experience. According to the FCC
report, the average actual download speed in September 2014 was
approximately 31 Mbps, which is still a significant year-over-year gain. The
FCC reported that in 2011 the actual average download speed was only 10
Mbps, which grew to 15 Mbps in 2012. In contrast, the latest Akamai State of
the Internet report pegged the average connection speed in the U.S at 12.6
Mbps.
Download speed improvements across the U.S. also vary across different ISP
and access technologies. The FCC found that the average annual increase in
actual download speeds was highest for cable, at 61.2 percent annually, with
DSL coming in at 28.2 percent and fiber at 19.2 percent.
From an ISP perspective, the FCC identified Cablevision, Comcast, and
Verizon Fiber (FiOS) as ISPs that provide end users with actual download
speeds that are consistently at or above the advertised speed.
There also is pattern of migration among broadband users that shows that the
more speed they get, the more they want. The FCC found that among users in
2013 that only subscribed to a broadband service advertising broadband
speeds of less than 15 Mbps, few migrated to a higher advertised speed
service in 2014. On the other hand, for those broadband users subscribing to
an advertised broadband download speed of between 15 Mbps and 30 Mbps,
there was a higher rate of migration between 2013 and 2014 to higher service
level tiers.
Downloads are only half of the broadband equation. Upload speeds are getting
faster, too. According to the FCC, actual upload speeds averaged 9 Mbps in
September 2014, up from 3 Mbps in 2011.
"Today’s report confirms that advances in network technology are yielding
significant improvements in broadband speeds and quality," FCC Chairman Tom
Wheeler said in a statement. "Faster, better broadband will unleash new
innovations and new services to improve the lives of the American people."
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at Enterprise Networking Planet and
InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.
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发帖数: 2857 | 2 请问哪些州只能用comcast，给个ref，我以后就不去了 | L**i
发帖数: 22365 | 3 哎，从有verizon fios的州搬到只有comcast的州
真的是没的选啊 | b******e
发帖数: 5547 | 4 明天就上门安装FIOS 50/50了
TWC言而无信，准备弃之~
【在 L**i 的大作中提到】
: 哎，从有verizon fios的州搬到只有comcast的州
: 真的是没的选啊
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