> 60 to 90 percent of households have access to two or more options for fixed (wired) broadband[1] depending on how you classify broadband, and that's not even counting the wireless options.
That chart says 52 to 80% if you're looking at wired internet, the upper end relies on classifying "3Mbps+" as broadband, and the "or more" part of "two or more" is doing a whole lot of work when it turns out 80% of those have two options. That means 48% of US households had a single or no choice if they wanted download speeds over 25Mbps.
...and we don't actually know what the real numbers are because the FCC doesn't require household level reporting, it's census block level reporting, and it's not even if a single household in that census block has service, it's if a single household in that census block could have service "without an extraordinary commitment of resources" by the ISP.
See [1]. Spoiler: the updated maps still aren't in.
That chart says 52 to 80% if you're looking at wired internet, the upper end relies on classifying "3Mbps+" as broadband, and the "or more" part of "two or more" is doing a whole lot of work when it turns out 80% of those have two options. That means 48% of US households had a single or no choice if they wanted download speeds over 25Mbps.
...and we don't actually know what the real numbers are because the FCC doesn't require household level reporting, it's census block level reporting, and it's not even if a single household in that census block has service, it's if a single household in that census block could have service "without an extraordinary commitment of resources" by the ISP.
See [1]. Spoiler: the updated maps still aren't in.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/the-fccs-horribl...