Are ISPs lying about coverage at your home? Tell the FCC.
rely on the ISPs to be truthful. Heck, the CEO of the company who built them for the FCC, CostQuest, admitted they depend on “how well the broadband providers actually report.” And I think I can already see some inaccuracies on my block.Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge
You also won’t find actual internet speeds in the map, just the maximum advertised speeds of each tier that an ISP claims it’ll sell to your address., and it is intriguing to filter by a particular type or speed of service and already see gaps. At the top of this post, you can see that even self-reported data shows that fiber has a long way to go.
The FCC acknowledges there’s much more to be done and that it needs your help. “While today marks an important milestone in the effort to create more granular and accurate broadband maps, this work is far from over,” reads part offrom FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “Releasing this early version of the new maps is intended to kickstart an ongoing, iterative process where we are consistently adding new data to improve and refine the maps.
And not only is the FCC accepting your individual challenges to the data, but it says it’ll also take “bulk challenges to the reported availability data from state, Tribal, and local governments and other stakeholders,” addressing
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