Mark Cooper Says FCC's Broadband Proposal Falls Short

Consumer Federation of America's Mark Cooper warned Wednesday that a Federal Communications Commission proposal to bring ultrafast broadband service to 100 million households over the next decade -- at the speed of 100 megabits per second -- would leave up to 30 million households without access to the technology.

Cooper is encouraged by the agency's goal, which he described as "bold," he worried that it falls short of the mark (all puns intended). Noting there will be 130 million US households by 2020, Cooper urged the FCC to set the goal to reach 120 million households with ultrafast broadband. He said it is a realistic figure consistent with the agency's push to raise the broadband adoption rate from 65 percent to 90 percent by 2020.