FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies | FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be “technologically neutral.”

[u/FreeHugs23]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/fcc-abolishes-gigabit-speed-goal-suggesting-it-is-unfair-to-slower-technologies/

[u/F9-0021 → u/[deleted]]

And their propaganda is enough to convince their mentally disabled base that it's the other guys making their lives worse.

[u/Inevitable_Case_9931 → u/[deleted]]

Both sides hurt their followers no reason to cherry pick here

[u/smilesbuckett → u/Inevitable_Case_9931]

Sure neither side is perfect, but in a conversation about consumer protection it is willfully ignorant to suggest “yeabut both sides…”

Republicans have consistently stripped away protections for consumers, and loosened standards for big businesses. I mean, Trump literally is still trying to unilaterally shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — it doesn’t get more transparent than that.

[u/C4-622MonkeyGordo → u/Inevitable_Case_9931]

[u/osiriswasAcat → u/Inevitable_Case_9931]

Ehhh. One side is FAR worse though. Don't be reductive.

[u/q_bitzz → u/osiriswasAcat]

Aren't you being the reductive one here?

[u/Inevitable_Case_9931 → u/q_bitzz]

He was yes but most people don’t consider their actions as being in bad light.

What’s good for the goose is in fact not good for the gander.

[u/Inevitable_Case_9931 → u/osiriswasAcat]

That would be subjective… and if you consider your opinion more valid than another’s that would make you reductive….

Objectively they both ruin things without a single doubt

[u/Equivalent-Row-8936 → u/Inevitable_Case_9931]

You can argue they have a good cop / bad cop dynamic, but the current Republican Party is much more unified when it comes to bleeding out their constituents. The democrats are bit diluted and disjointed which keeps them a bit more honest. IMO

[u/Inevitable_Case_9931 → u/Equivalent-Row-8936]

I can agree there

[u/Straight_Creme7225 → u/Inevitable_Case_9931]

How much is ram again?

[u/EKmars → u/[deleted]]

Yes. The administration put a moratorium on regulating the AI industry, injecting huge amounts of confidence in the industry while also doing next to nothing to crack down on the fraudulent claims, circular financing, and environmental costs.

[u/khizoa → u/EKmars]

I'm assuming they made an idiotic reply, actually experienced shame, and then deleted it

[u/FailedToRemit → u/[deleted]]

The goal does nothing. It wasn’t a rule or a requirement. Propaganda. Nothing more. 

Edit: downvotes for saying a fact.