In the News Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Would Redefine ‘Broadband’ To Justify Spending $100 Billion on Government-run Internet
“‘Future proof’ networks often means symmetric speeds,” explains Jeffrey Westling, a technology and innovation policy fellow at the R Street Institute, a free market think tank. In other words, Biden isn’t just calling for faster speeds, but equal speeds between uploads and downloads. Advocates for government-mandated “future proof” networks typically aim for a 100/100 standard—that is, 100 megabits per second in both uploads and downloads.
