Broadband Maps
Broadband For All Americans
Overview
The federal government spends billions of dollars each year to promote broadband deployment in unserved areas. More accurate maps will help locate unserved communities and ensure that government broadband funding achieves the goal of broadband for all Americans.
A Better Broadband Map
The FCC’s new effort to develop new broadband maps is underway. When fully completed in spring 2023, the map will identify broadband gaps and uncork billions of dollars of federal grants from the 2021 infrastructure bill to fund projects to close the digital divide. Together, location fabric data and improved FCC Form 477 data will create the new broadband map.
Connecting Rural America: St. Francis, Kansas
When Eagle Communications turned the small town of St. Francis, Kansas, into a gigabit community, it opened up more opportunities than ever before and brought its residents to the cutting edge of technology.
Key Dates in the Broadband Mapping Process
-
2022
September 1, 2022
Broadband providers complete initial Broadband Data Collection submission to FCC
-
September 12, 2022
FCC opens bulk challenge process to the Location Fabric
-
November 2022
FCC releases preliminary version of Broadband Deployment Map FCC opens individual challenge process to Location Fabric and Broadband Deployment Map
-
December 2022
FCC releases second version of the Location Fabric
-
2023
March 2023
Broadband providers complete second Broadband Data Collection submission to FCC
-
April 2023
FCC releases initial version of Broadband Funding Map
FCC releases second version of Broadband Deployment Map (April/May)
