I readily thought of three possibilities for consequences of the redefinition —
The definition is just used to measure “how many households have access to broadband” for political purposes, for instance in making arguments about inequality. There is no regulatory consequence. It literally is just a rhetorical dispute over definitions, nothing more.
Given the redefinition, it becomes false advertising for an ISP to claim that they offer “broadband” when their speeds don’t meet the new definition. This imposes costs; at least, ISPs have to change their marketing materials. This effectively rewards ISPs that already meet the new definition at the expense of those who don’t.
I readily thought of three possibilities for consequences of the redefinition —
The definition is just used to measure “how many households have access to broadband” for political purposes, for instance in making arguments about inequality. There is no regulatory consequence. It literally is just a rhetorical dispute over definitions, nothing more.
Given the redefinition, it becomes false advertising for an ISP to claim that they offer “broadband” when their speeds don’t meet the new definition. This imposes costs; at least, ISPs have to change their marketing materials. This effectively rewards ISPs that already meet the new definition at the expense of those who don’t.
Some sort of funding is at stake.