200kbps Officially No Longer Qualifies As 'Broadband'

The FCC has shifted the definition of broadband from 200kbps to 768kbps, probably not as high as it should be, but a vast improvement. The agency says they'll also start tracking both downstream and upstream speeds and will scrap the zip code tracking methodology for more substantive census-track level reporting. Carriers still won't be required to release data on the prices they charge for different speeds.

Today that order officially went into effect.  Broadband Reports

I had to chuckle when I read this article ….. my connection for years was a measly slow-ass “768kbps".  I won't mention the name of the company that provided the service.  Not once in all those years did they ever offer to increase the speeds and they charged you and arm and a leg for that awful service.  So, now they are at the bottom of the barrel in the broadband world!  Thanks to NewWave Communications, I'm now browsing and downloading at 10MB .... for almost half the price that I was paying for less than 1MB.  The "no name" company that I'm referring to should have been run out of this rural community years ago.  A small independently owned company that has been ripping off this community for YEARS!!  Even though NewWave offers digital phone (comparable to Vonage), the "no name" company managed to block the service in this area!  When will the people in this backwoods joint come to their senses and tell this company to TAKE A HIKE.  The whole idea of a small independently owned phone company in the year 2008 is way beyond my comprehension!