Early data from USTelecom’s broadband mapping pilot in Missouri and Virginia indicates the new methodology is working and is “superior to other [mapping] proposals,” according to a communication the company sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The US Telecom…
Word that the National Broadband Map needs fixing seems to have spread throughout the nation’s capital. The latest initiative aimed at addressing National Broadband Map problems comes from the U.S. Senate in the form of the Broadband Data Improvement Act…
Stakeholders told a Senate committee today about the impact of broadband map problems on their operations and about how those problems hinder the ability to bring broadband to parts of the U.S. that lack service. Among those testifying were representatives…
Broadband providers hope that the Broadband Mapping Initiative announced today will address problems with the National Broadband Map that have prevented policymakers from determining where broadband service is and is not available nationwide. The initiative, spearheaded by USTelecom – The…
Policymakers continued their assault on broadband map problems yesterday with the introduction of Senate Bill 1822, to be known as the “Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability” or Broadband DATA Act. The bill was sponsored by Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS),…
At a time when state and federal governments are funding numerous broadband deployment projects, Utah’s long-lived broadband map has been a big asset. Utah was more successful than any other state in challenging the locations database for the FCC broadband…
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…
Both Maryland senators and seven of state’s eight members of Congress sent a letter to FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel last week asking for more time to file challenges to the current version of the commission’s National Broadband Map. According to…
The next update of the FCC broadband map, expected in late November or early December, is likely to have a considerable number of errors, according to sources familiar with the broadband data collection initiative on which the map will be…
The Wi-Fi industry expects to have commercial availability of equipment supporting the next-generation Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 in 2025, according to the latest annual report from Wi-Fi industry group Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). Standards bodies already have made considerable progress…
The FCC has released a preliminary interactive mobile broadband map based on data provided by the nation’s four largest mobile carriers. The map is based on new parameters that were designed to overcome problems with previous carrier-submitted data — and…