Its latest National Broadband Map reflects coverage data submitted by ISPs as of June 30, 2023. The map shows broadband availability for consumers and businesses across the country, with the FCC launching its first draft of the map last November. The number of unserved homes and businesses has...
On Friday, the Federal Communications Commissionreleased new broadband mapsshowing where high-speed internet access and mobile 5G service are available across the US. The FCC's priorcoverage maps have been inaccurate, showing that Americans should have been able to get online with higher speeds...
In February the FCC releaseda new broadband mapshowing the availability of high-speed internet in the United States. The previous map was apparently useless, but the new map has been coming in for its share of criticism as well becauseit doesn’t match the reality on the ground. Partly it...
For years, the FCC failed to consistently verify broadband availability data provided by telecom giants, allowing them to overstate coverage. For just as long, the agency declared an entire census block “served” with broadband if Internet Service Providers (ISPs) claimed they could offer service ...
The Federal Communications Commission has collected precise broadband availability information from Internet service providers for the first time and aims to release a first draft of a new broadband map in November, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wrote Friday. The FCC last week "completed the fir...
The Federal Communications Commission took two moves Friday to make shopping for home broadband less opaque: Itreleased a new broadband mapand required internet providers tobreak out the details of their servicein a nutrition-label-style box. ...
LightBox has pulled Wi-Fi and location data to build a broadband map of the US. Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET Thefederal government is poised to allocate billions-- $65 billion, to be exact -- to make sure all Americans have speedy internet at home. But it still doe...
NTIA is in “close coordination” with the FCC regarding the update to the second version of the National Broadband Map, which will be used to determine state BEAD allocations, an NTIA spokesperson told Telecompetitor in late February. “We are working with our colleagues at the FCC to determin...
The proposal for a challenge process was also supported by James Assey, a vice president at the NCTA, also known as the The Internet & Television Association. “Before awarding scarce broadband deployment subsidies based on the map, there should be a means of challenging a provider’s submissio...
"Then we will create—for the first time—a publicly accessible, data-based nationwide map of locations where broadband is truly available throughout the United States." In contrast, the current maps from the FCC, while publicly accessible, merely tell you the advertised broadband speeds in an ...