FCC rules that rural broadband be as fast as urban broadband

Good news, hayseeds: the FCC has ruled that rural broadband should be held to the same standard as that of connections in built-up cities and towns. The stateside regulator has issued a new order, which states that in the US countryside, providers must maintain at least a 10Mbit/s downlink speed for subscribers if they want to call it “broadband”. The ruling will apply to ISPs that receive taxpayer dollars through the FCC’s Connect America Fund.