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FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbps (docs.fcc.gov)
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[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Sarcasm noted, but: mibi/gibi are the powers of 2 version.

We all say megabit or gigabit when talking about internet speeds, but in many cases under the hood it's actually measured in mibi/gibibits. Just means it's 2% more when converted into base 10 ;)