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Broadband mapping in the United States. Broadband maps indicate service availability over geographic space. This historical map of California counties in 2011 suggests there is greater availability in large urban metro areas such as Los Angeles and San Francisco. Broadband mapping in the United States are efforts to describe geographically how ...
In 2019, the United States ranked 3rd in the world for the number of internet users (behind China and India), with 312.32 million users. [ 3 ] As of 2019, 90% of adults in America use the internet, either irregularly or frequently. [ 4 ] The United States ranks #1 in the world with 7,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) according to the CIA. [ 5 ]
National Broadband Plan (United States) Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan to improve Internet access in the United States. The FCC was directed to create the plan by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and unveiled its plan on March 16, 2010. [1]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration published a new map ... rural and tribal areas — lack quality and affordable broadband ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... check out the mobile broadband options. On the FCC's map, you can see what technology the provider uses, such as fiber, copper ...
In February 2009, the United States Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including a $7.2 billion grant to the NTIA and U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to bolster broadband access across the United States. Of the grant, $4.7 billion was allocated to provide for the implementation of ...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public ...
National broadband plan. Broadband is a term normally considered to be synonymous with a high-speed connection to the internet. Suitability for certain applications, or technically a certain quality of service, is often assumed. For instance, low round trip delay (or "latency" in milliseconds) would normally be assumed to be well under 150ms ...