- B&C, Tuesday, January 5, 2010 10:28 PM
The Justice Department has weighed in at the FCC on the national broadband plan, echoing the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, in saying more spectrum is key to broadband
competition, especially to reach under-served areas.
It advised the FCC to make that a priority; Justice also proposed a baseline broadband speed, 3-4 Mbps. Finally, it suggested the
FCC devise a market-specific method for classifying/evaluating competition, perhaps using the HHI index for degree of market concentration. Justice said that the commission should evaluate actual
rather than advertised speeds or speeds under "ideal conditions."
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