http://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enFri, 06 Jul 2007 11:12:14 -0000https://techliberation.com/2007/07/03/ftc-report-on-broadband-resurrects-freedom-of-service-information/#comment-1451451<p>"The consumer protection sections of the FTC report raise this question: are broadband providers engaging in a deceptive practice when they advertise a connection speed of, for example, “up to” 768 kilobits per second (kbps) – and yet actual speeds are considerably lower?"</p><p>As a member of the Communications Workers of America, our Speed Matters campaign <a href="http://www.speedmatters.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="www.speedmatters.org">www.speedmatters.org</a>, is speaking out on these issues. One of our goals is a standard that consumers can use to evaluate the speed and reliability of broadband services provided in a market. In addition, the current FCC standard of "high speed" is entirely too low. Our aim is for a national standard of 2 mbps downstream and 1 mbps upstream as a more realistic standard.</p>Paul BolbatFri, 06 Jul 2007 11:12:14 -0000