SHLB Raises Concerns About FCC Broadband Fabric
The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition raised concerns with the FCC Broadband Data Task Force about the "accuracy of the FCC broadband data maps." The group said it's concerned that community anchor institutions (CAI) are "automatically flagged" as non-broadband…
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serviceable locations in the broadband serviceable location fabric, per an ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 19-195 (see 2211230063). "The assumption that all CAIs generally purchase non-mass-market services is factually incorrect," SHLB said, adding it was concerned "such locations may not be adequately considered for future broadband funding allocations." The group asked that the next iteration of the fabric identify CAIs as broadband serviceable locations "by default" with the ability to flag locations subscribing to enterprise services as non-serviceable locations.