The following is a press release issued on Congressman Jack Bergman’s website on December 16, 2019 EDITOR’S NOTE: Connected Nation (CN) believes the current broadband maps do not accurately reflect where this is and is not coverage because the data is collected at a measurement level that’s too large. Currently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires providers to report their …
Senate Commerce OK’s Broadband DATA Act
Published by BroadcastingCable on July 24, 2019 By John Eggerton The Senate Commerce Committee has unanimously passed the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act, a bill that would try to improve the data the government uses to establish where broadband is and isn’t via broadband availability maps. Specifically, the bill: 1. “Requires the FCC to collect granular service …