FCC Eyes Broadband Standard, May Roil Comcast-TWC

By | January 8, 2015

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The Federal Communications Commission would raise the definition of broadband service to 25 megabits per second, up from the current regulatory threshold of only 4 mbps, under a proposal by Chairman Tom Wheeler. Raising the broadband standard has implications for Comcast’s (CMCSA) proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable (TWC), though the FCC’s shift is unlikely to derail the deal, analysts say. Wheeler says U.S. households need faster Internet Scalper1 News

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