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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the USA has changed the definition of broadband speeds for American households, the first major update in eight years. According to , high-speed fixed broadband is now benchmarked at a minimum of 100Mbps for download speeds and 20Mbps for uploads.  This is a 4x increase from the 2015 definition of broadband speeds: 25Mbps for downloads and 3Mbps for uploads. This is on top of its long-term goal of expecting 1Gbps downloads and 500Mbps uploads for American residents and citizens. , something as "symbolic" as redefining Internet speeds has greater meaning within its political spheres, where there has "...been a clear partisan divide on the speed standard, with Democrats pushing for a higher benchmark and Republicans arguing that it shouldn't be raised".  In that regard, Singapore's quite lucky when it comes to high-speed Internet adoption, with telcos offering 1Gbps home broadband plans and further plans to have 85% of residential households .  In case you've missed it, our local telcos also already offer 10Gbps home fibre broadband plans ( , , , ). However, it's still for most users, as Wi-Fi 7 needs time to become mainstream among devices and routers. Source: , via