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12/4/2025
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Council Agenda: 12-16-25
Item No.: 7.1(c)
DRAFT--Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408)535-1260 or [email protected] for final document.
RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE TO FORMALLY INCORPORATE THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION’S BROADBAND
SPEED DEFINITION OF 100/20 MBPS AND
ASPIRATIONAL FUTURE SPEED GOAL OF 1 GBPS/500
MBPS
WHEREAS, the City of San José (“City”) approved the Broadband and Digital Inclusion Strategy in 2017 (“2017 Strategy”), which included recommended strategies on City-wide digital inclusion, focusing on a hybrid public-private partnership approach to close the digital divide, including universal connectivity, affordability, and digital skill-building; and
WHEREAS, while City has made substantial progress implementing the 2017 Strategy, with expanded internet access, training and community-based programs, access to reliable, high-speed broadband is constrained by a lack of provider competition and limited availability of Gigabit-speed services across the City; and
WHEREAS, the 2017 Strategy was based on a broadband speed benchmark for high- speed fixed broadband to download speeds of 25 megabits per second (“Mbps”) and upload speeds of 2 Mbps, consistent with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) in 2015; and
WHEREAS, the FCC increased the broadband speed benchmark for high-speed fixed broadband to download speeds of 100 Mbps and upload speeds of 20 Mbps in 2024; and
WHEREAS, City has assessed the City’s 2017 Strategy’s digital equity efforts in a 2025 Digital Empowerment and Broadband Strategy Report (“2025 Strategy”); and
SAW:CHD:CAG
12/4/2025
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Council Agenda: 12-16-25
Item No.: 7.1(c)
DRAFT--Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408)535-1260 or [email protected] for final document.
WHEREAS, City desires to incorporate into the 2025 Strategy, the FCC’s 2024 increased 100/20Mbps broadband speed benchmark, and set an aspirational future broadband speed benchmark goal of 1Gbps/500Mbps;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE THAT:
The FCC’s 2024 broadband speed benchmark of 100/20 Mbps, and the aspirational future broadband speed benchmark goal of 1 Gbps/500 Mbps, are formally incorporated into the 2025 Assessment.
ADOPTED this _____ day of ___________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
MATT MAHAN
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, MMC
City Clerk