FCC Chair Brendan Carr has made good on his 2025 threat to cancel the long-term broadband speed targets that were established during the Biden administration. Those targets aimed to eventually achieve gigabit download speeds and half-gigabit upload speeds across the country.
The decision marks a shift in the federal regulator's connectivity policy. The action comes 13 years after Comcast argued that Americans did not need gigabit internet.
The private sector has delivered very high speeds in certain areas, though unevenly.
