November 21, 2022 | By Shawn Knight | TechSpot |
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an interactive broadband map that provides a snapshot of broadband coverage across the US.
Maps that highlight the availability of various services are nothing new (remember those early, spotty cell phone coverage maps?). The FCC has maintained broadband coverage maps for a while but up to this point, they were based on data collected at the census block level. This meant that if a single home in a census block was served by broadband, the entire block would show up as served on its maps regardless of whether or not other homes actually had access to service.
The census block method resulted in coverage maps that were overly optimistic and not representative of actual broadband availability.
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