05/04/21
The current FCC definition of home broadband 25 Mbps download and
3 Mbps upload speeds is inadequate for at-home learning,
according to researchers who conducted a first-of-its-kind study of
district data for students engaged in remote learning.
The Student
Home Connectivity Study, conducted by CoSN,
the Consortium for School Networking, with funding from the Chan
Zuckerberg Initiative, looked at data from 13 (mostly large) school
districts representing more than 750,000 students. It found that
activities requiring high bandwidth, such as watching and sending
video, are prevalent in remote learning and that such activities
require much faster broadband at home.
Among the findings: More than 70% of students live in a household with other students;