Considering that the nation’s new interactive broadband map contains 25 million data points that can be searched in numerous ways, it’s impossible to devise a headline that summarizes what the new map reveals about the state of broadband deployment in…
One edict of the broadband stimulus program was to document and map broadband availability for the entire country. One of the criticisms of the stimulus program was that actual and accurate broadband availability data was lacking, making the identification of…
The latest update to the FCC National Broadband Map is set to go live right about the time this post publishes – around noon ET today. In a blog post, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel offered additional information about the update…
The next update to the FCC National Broadband Map will be released May 30, said FCC senior officials today on a webcall with reporters. The map will reflect availability data reported by providers as of December 31, 2022, as well…
Over the past few months, the FCC and NTIA have recommended filing dates for bulk challenges to the National Broadband Map, which is updated twice yearly. But stakeholders hadn’t seen similar guidance from either agency about individual challenges. Telecompetitor asked…
Since its initial release last year, the FCC National Broadband Map has faced criticism from a variety of fronts, with complaints ranging from missing locations to doubts about the accuracy of the broadband availability data. Most recently, a number of…
The text of a Senate bill that aims to improve the accuracy of federal broadband maps was made public yesterday. The bill, known as the Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act of 2023, calls for a reallocation process for the…
Ten southern states are each expected to receive over $1 billion in rural broadband funding through the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, according to an estimate released earlier this year from Cartesian for provider association ACA Connects. …
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…
The FCC has “largely completed” work on the second version of the National Broadband Map, said FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel today. An FCC spokesperson confirmed that the update would be based on the location database updated as of late 2022…
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…
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