FCC Releases Sixth 'Measuring Broadband America' Report

The Federal Communications Commission released the results of its ongoing nationwide performance study of consumers’ fixed broadband Internet access service in its sixth “Measuring Broadband America” report. The report furthers the Commission’s efforts to provide greater transparency about network performance to help consumers make more informed choices about their Internet Service Provider. 2016’s report highlights the following findings:

• Significant growth in advertised broadband speeds available to consumers, though the results are not uniform across technologies.
• Actual speeds experienced by most consumers meet or exceed advertised speeds.
• Consumers with access to faster services continue to migrate to higher service tiers.
• Latency and packet loss vary by technologies.