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But 14 million have no access whatsoever to broadband. [22] [23] An FCC survey, "Broadband Adoption and Use in America," gave the average price of broadband access as $41/month, and said 36 percent those non-users surveyed said the service was too expensive. 12 percent lacked skills, 10 percent worried about "safety and privacy", and 19 percent ...
The California Broadband Task Force had performed the first voluntary broadband mapping exercise in that state in 2006–2007, having learned about it when Commissioner Chong visited the ConnectKentucky broadband project in 2005. The broadband maps were then used by the CPUC to determine both "unserved areas" (defined as an area that is not ...
Sep. 3—WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives August Pfluger (TX-11) and Debbie Dingell (MI-6) Tuesday introduced the PROTOCOL Act, which improves the mapping process for broadband funding and ...
These programs collected data used by the NTIA to refurbish a public interactive National Broadband Map that was released in February 2011. [14] The map was authorized by Congress with the 2008 Broadband Data Improvement Act [15] and was funded through the 2009 economic stimulus bill. [16]
By that time, the loss of funding could disrupt internet access to an estimated 25 million homes, the FCC has projected, or the equivalent of 64 million people, according to US Census Bureau ...
Fortunately, the private sector is expanding access to broadband on its own: This year, the FCC raised the standard for which it considers "broadband" to 100 Mbps download speeds and 20 Mbps ...
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)* Understanding Wireless Communications in Public Safety at FCC; 16th Mobile Wireless Competition Report at FCC; National Broadband Map, a tool published by the FCC, allows citizens to enter any address to view wired and wireless broadband services available.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration published a new map depicting what experts have long warned: Many parts of America — largely in poor, rural and tribal areas ...