National Broadband Plan by the FCC

The National Broadband plan announced by the FCC yesterday calls for the United States broadband internet connections to download 100 mbps. The current average speed right now is 3.9 mbps.

How will this effect education? It will make affordable broadband internet available to people in rural area's and the socioeconomically disadvantages students for low price. The plan calls for increased competition in services offered and increase infrastructure priorities from the private sector.

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