The FCC is encouraging citizens to download and use its Speed Test app, which is part of the commission’s broadband data collection initiative. Currently, the app is used to collect speed test data in the Measuring Broadband America program, which…
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To Help Improve Broadband Maps, Consumers Will Have Input on FCC Broadband Data Collection
Consumers now have the opportunity to tell the FCC about the quality of their broadband connections, or lack thereof. The commission created an online form where people can “share their broadband experience” as part of a broader effort to update…
NTIA Broadband Availability Map Now Has 30 State Participants
Thirty states now are now participants in the National Broadband Availability Map (NBAM), a geographic information system (GIS) platform run by the National Telecommunications Industry Association (NTIA). The goal is to create “a national platform that can help inform policymakers…
A Passion for GIS Mapping: Driven by Analyzing Data and Seeing What Others Can’t (Podcast)
In this episode of the Broadband Bunch, we speak with Jason Hart, Partner Manager at ESRI. Jason shares with us his unique start in GIS Mapping as a 13-year old boy down a cave in the mountains of West Virginia….
New COVID-19 Relief Plan Funds Several Important Broadband Initiatives with a Budget of $7 Billion
The new COVID-19 relief plan agreed to by Congress over the weekend includes several funding initiatives for important broadband issues. A total of about $7 billion was earmarked for broadband issues, according to several media reports. The $7 billion in…
Pai to Senate: Keep Americans Connected Pledge Could Be a Hardship for Broadband Providers
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai told the Senate Committee on Appropriations yesterday that complying with the Keep Americans Connected pledge could be a hardship for some broadband providers and offered to help legislators if they should choose to make funding available…
Broadband Maps Should Improve as Trump Signs Broadband DATA Act, But FCC’s Pai Adds a Dose of Reality
President Trump has signed the Broadband DATA Act, and with the signing, the act now becomes law. The act aims to improve FCC broadband availability data, which has been widely criticized for inaccuracy, and it’s an important development as policymakers…
FCC Proposes Bidding Procedures for October RDOF Auction
The FCC is seeking comment on bidding procedures for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award funding for rural broadband. The first of two auction phases would have a budget of $16 billion and is expected to…
Report: Flawed FCC Broadband Availability Data Could Leave 20.7 Million People Unserved
How bad is FCC broadband availability data? Researchers at BroadbandNow estimate that at least 20.7 million people considered to have broadband available to them can’t get service. The total unserved population nationwide is at least 42 million – about twice…
Top Broadband Stories of 2019 – and What They Mean for 2020
The top broadband stories of 2019 involved a range of technologies and a range of key players. In no particular order, here’s our recap, with a look at what the big stories of 2019 will mean for 2020. Policymakers wake…
USTelecom Broadband Map Pilot: Up to 38% of “Served” Rural Locations Actually Lack Broadband
As much as 38% of rural locations in census blocks reported to have broadband available to them may, in reality, lack broadband, according to USTelecom. The organization, which represents broadband providers, undertook a pilot test earlier this year aimed at…
Amid Kerfuffle Over Broadband Availability Data, FCC Takes Next Step on $20.4 Billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
The FCC took the next step today toward establishing the $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund by adopting a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that outlines the parameters for that fund. The fund would cover some of the costs of…
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