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The Federal Communications Commission has provided details to state, local and tribal entities on how to submit broadband coverage data as the agency kicks into high gear its effort to produce new maps of high-speed service across the country.
Getting Connected to Broadband In today’s world, it is critical that families and businesses across the country have access to broadband. As work, education, healthcare, and many other activities have moved online, broadband is no longer nice to have. It’s need to have for everyone. In order to better determine where high speed internet services are currently unavailable, we need precise, accurate, and up-to-date broadband mapping data. The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force is developing the necessary tools to gather this information. This is a complex, data-driven effort that will involv...
The US FCC notes that data collected by its speed test app will help create a more granular internet speed map and close the digital divide.
Thu, Apr 1st 2021 6:31am — Karl Bode One consistent point of pride for the Trump FCC, like many Trump agencies, was its active disdain for real world data. It didn't matter how much data showed that US broadband was expensive and spotty due to monopolization (and there's a lot of data clearly proving that point), the Trump FCC didn't care. It didn't matter that surveys showed that net neutrality was popular among consumers. Guys like Ajit Pai believed that the US broadband sector was perfectly healthy and competitive and you make things even more wonderful by gutting already fairly feck...
What is the digital divide? The pandemic brought the digital divide to the forefront â and made it all the more urgent to fix. Image: bob al-greene 2021-03-09 11:00:00 UTC Moving forward requires focus. Mashable's Social Good Series is dedicated to exploring pathways to a greater good, spotlighting issues that are essential to making the world a better place. Working from "home" in a parking lot. Job interviews on laggy Zoom calls. Students trying to log onto class from a cell phone. For all of the already devastating and bitterly unequal impacts of the pandemic, a gap in internet a...