November 8, 2023 BroadbandNow Research manually checked availability of more than 11,000 addresses using Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Form 477 data as the “source of truth.” Based on the results, we estimate that 42 million Americans do not have the ability to purchase broadband inte...
The FCC's definition of high speed is at least 200 Kb/s upstream or downstream. As per the report, among 58.2 million households, 53.6 percent have access to cable broadband, 39.1 percent have ADSL connections and 0.2 percent have symmetric SDSL, or traditional wireline connections....
New Rules Preserve Portion of the Band for Advanced Satellite Broadband While Considering How to Promote Advanced Terrestrial Broadbandin the Rest of the Band WASHINGTON, May 18, 2023—The Federal Communications Commission today took a holistic approach to expanding use of over 1 gigahertz of prime ...
The BEAD program doesn’t recognize Enhanced A-CAM as an enforceable commitment for the deployment of qualifying broadband unless it includes a legally binding agreement, which includes a Tribal government resolution, between the Tribal government of the Tribal lands encompassing that location, or its ...
In a 38-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the FCC in late February released its much anticipated proposal to amend its Part 15 (unlicensed device) rules to provide new requirements and measurement guidelines for a new type of carrier current system that provides access to broadband internet serv...
"based on our evaluation of available data, we can no longer conclude that broadband at speeds of 25/3 mbps—the fixed benchmark established in 2015 and relied on in the last seven reports—supports 'advanced' functions," the report said. "we find that having 'advanced telecommunications ...
report broadband Internet access service coverage and identify where such services are offered to residential and business locations. The rules establish speed and latency reporting requirements for fixed service providers and require terrestrial fixed wireless services providers to report the coordinates of ...
FCC report finds 24 million Americans lack fixed broadband, with rural and Tribal areas most affected. New regulations aim to improve access. Do you know what classifies as "broadband"? For a while, the FCC deemed that connections with a download speed of 25Mbps and an upload speed of 3Mbp...
the FCC tested web site performance measures versus broadband provider. They found that latency varies with broadband type (DSL, Cable, and Fiber), and that average web page download times changed little above 10-12 Mbps.Part Iof this report showed the broadband performance of 13 different ISPs...
President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that he will appoint current FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to be the next FCC chair. Here’s a few observations on what this is likely to mean for telecom and broadband industry. Net Neutrality undoubtedly will… ...