Defining broadband — Standard of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up replaces old 25Mbps/3Mbps benchmark. Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino The Federal Communications Commission today voted to raise its Internet speed benchmark for the first time since January 2015, concluding that modern broadband service should provide at least 100Mbps download speeds and 20Mbps upload speeds. An FCC press release after today's 3-2 vote said the 100Mbps/20Mbps benchmark "is based on the standards now used in multiple fe...