FCC Releases Updated National Broadband Map
The FCC released the third iteration of its national broadband map Friday, showing nearly 1 million additional homes and businesses having access to high-speed internet access since the last iteration. Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in an FCC note that with…
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"each refresh of the map we are more confident in the accuracy of the data." The map included an additional 800,000 broadband serviceable locations and "any changes in the number of locations will overwhelmingly reflect on-the-ground changes such as the construction of new housing," Rosenworcel said. About 4.8 million challenges to provider-reported availability were made to date, with more than 1.5 million location challenges accepted. "We’ve also seen hundreds of corrections to provider reported data based on FCC-initiated verification efforts," Rosenworcel noted.