FCC Won’t Redefine ‘Broadband;’ Move Could Have Worsened Digital Divide

FCC Won’t Redefine ‘Broadband;’ Move Could Have Worsened Digital Divide

Internet activists just got some unexpected good news from an unexpected source. Last summer the Federal Communications Commission floated the possibility of lowering its threshold for connections to be considered broadband. Now it’s backing away from that idea. The FCC announced Thursday that it will continue to define home broadband as connections that are 25 …