No need for speed: Cable industry opposes 25Mbps broadband definition

Normal people don't need 25Mbps down or 3Mbps up, cable lobby says.

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[Just Joe]

"Netflix, for instance, bases its call for a 25Mbps download threshold on what it believes consumers need for streaming 4K and ultra-HD video content—despite the fact that only a tiny fraction of consumers use their broadband connections in this manner...

A tiny fraction RIGHT NOW. Not a tiny fraction, say, five or even two years from now.

Netflix is looking to the future with those speeds, whereas the cable companies are looking at the past and attempting to hang onto it.