FCC Definition for Broadband now 768Kbps
According to the FCC, the term “broadband” now means 768Kbps, up from the previous definition of 200Kbps. Under the new definition, “basic broadband” defines download speeds between 768Kbps and 1.5Mbps. Other changes in how subscribers are reported includes a breakdown of upload and download speed and additional gradations of speed. News dot COM notes that “ISPs will not have to report the prices they charge, yet.”
For comparison’s sake, an average movie download is 700 MB (5872025600 bits), and would take 8.16 hours to download under the old broadband definition at 200Kbps. However, at the new faster rate of 768Kbps, an American with basic broadband will be able to download a movie in just 2.12 hours.
Broadband reporting is a problem for America, because up till now we could only point to useless studies indicating that 12.5% of internet users are still on 56.6k or worse speeds. Once politicians and the industry realizes how bad broadband penetration in the US really is, we’ll see better internet service and connectivity.
DotA Allstars 6.37 AI Download
You can download the hot new DOTA 6.37 w/ AI.w3x right here! The changelog reads:
- Hand of Midas IAS from 35% to 30%
- Medusa’s Purge now deals 600 damage to summoned units, instead of instantly killing them
- Fixed a big exploit with waveform
- Rebalanced Alchemist
- Reduced the Kobold Endurance Aura from 17% ms to 15% ms
- Land Mines can now be properly seen on minimap
- WTF mode now requires voting
- Cyclone on creeps from 20 to 10 seconds
- Reduced Primal Roar cooldown and Call of the Wild manacost
- Treads from +60 to +65 ms and from +30% ias to +35%
- Added a better cancel icon for Pulse Nova
- Fixed a bug with -ar and -random that allowed you to get two heroes
- Increased Enchantress’s Intelligence per level
Interestingly, there’s a new dota AI page from the official maintainers.
