See “Broadband Breakfast Panelists Wrestle With the Speed Definition of High-Speed Broadband,” Broadband Breakfast, March 18, 2021

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 12 Noon ET — “Redefining Broadband’s Speed Limit”

• When “broadband” was first defined by the Federal Communications Commission in 1996, it measured at least 200 kilobits per second (Kbps) in either direction. In 2010, the agency revised the definition to be at least 4 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 1 Mbps upload. Five years later, the agency upped the standard to 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up. That definition is already showing its age. Further, other states and federal agencies have other definitions. Is it time for a new broadband speed limit?

Panelists:

• Jonathan Chambers, Partner, Conexon LLC
• Tyler Cooper, Editor-in-chief, Broadband Now
• Christina Mason, Vice President of Government Affairs, Wireless Internet Service Providers Association
• Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

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Jonathan Chambers is currently a Partner at Conexon. He has spent the past 25 years working with cable television providers, wireless companies and electric cooperatives in the early stages of planning, designing, constructing and operating telecommunications and internet access networks. Between 2012 and 2016, Mr. Chambers served as the Chief of the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis for the FCC. He holds a BA in economics from Yale College, an MA in international affairs from Columbia and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

Tyler Cooper is Editor-in-chief at BroadbandNow. He has more than a decade of experience in the telecom industry and has been writing about broadband issues such as the digital divide, net neutrality, cybersecurity and internet access since 2015. His work is internationally recognized; he has been published on sites like VentureBeat, TechRadar and The Next Web. He has also been featured in VICE, Digital Trends, Fox News, Voice of America, and many other outlets.

Christina Mason currently serves as Vice President of Government Affairs at Wireless Internet Service Providers Association. She has over a decade of experience in government relations planning and outreach. Before joining WISPA, she worked on the Hill at the office of Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and as a lobbyist for The American Institute of Architects. She holds a BA in Communications and English from La Salle University and earned her JD from Howard University School of Law in Washington, DC. 

Panelist Resources

• Research, BroadbandNow
• See “Interview with BroadbandNow about Lower Costs and Lower Latency,” Broadband Breakfast, February 25, 2021
• See “Interview with BroadbandNow about Gigabit Coverage and Unreliable FCC Data,” Broadband Breakfast, December 27, 2020
• See “Interview with Tyler Cooper and Jenna Tanberk about Open Data Set from BroadbandNow,” November 20, 2020

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