Comments of FTTH Council Before FCC on the Definition of Broadband - August 2009
The Fiber-to-the-Home Council's comments to the Federal Communications Commission("Commission") in its quest to fashion a more precise and relevant definition and understanding of the term "broadband" to assist it in developing a National Broadband Plan.
The Members of the FTTH Council in their capacities as service providers, equipment vendors, and content/applications suppliers regularly wrestle with this term and have given considerable thought to its meaning, which is reflected in the responses that follow. Overall, as the Commission understands, broadband performance and use continue to evolve rapidly as applications place increasingly greater, and often novel, demands on networks and as providers upgrade their infrastructure in response. Any definition of broadband must account for this dynamic, and, as part of this proceeding, the Commission should establish a process that will enable it to amend the definition to keep pace with these market developments.