The US Federal Communications Commission defines “broadband internet” as 25 megabits down, 3 megabits up, a regular that hasn’t been up to date since 2015. If you hadn’t seen, the web seems to be a bit completely different than it did eight years in the past, with an enormous growth of high-definition streaming video, gameplay, and large quantities of linked tech filling each dwelling. The FCC is placing forth a proposal to replace its definition to a extra trendy 100mbps down, 25mbps up.

The temporary, three-paragraph announcement comes immediately from the FCC’s Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, noting that the for much longer discover of inquiry “discusses a range of evidence supporting this standard.” If adopted, service suppliers within the United States would wish to ensure that their networks can reliably hit that 100/20 goal with a view to promote web speeds as “broadband.”

As anybody on a restricted or congested community can inform you, 25mbps can really feel fairly pokey, particularly throughout peak hours when everybody and their canine is streaming the newest bingeable reveals and hopping on their buddy’s Minecraft server. Upload speeds particularly are some extent of ache for anybody who streams from their very own {hardware}, or has the occasional Zoom assembly from dwelling. As PCMag points out, whereas fiber optic connections ought to be capable to hit 100/20 simply, older cable networks may wrestle with the add speeds of a extra demanding definition.

Seeing the usual up to date could be a boon to the usually patchy connections within the United States. The information temporary says {that a} future nationwide objective of 1 gigabit per second down, 500mbps up could also be thought of, although there’s no timeline for that change or point out of the way it could be inspired.