NTIA Updates National Broadband Map

The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has updated its national broadband map, an interactive map that uses data from almost 1,800 broadband providers, updated every six months, to show where high-speed broadband service is available.

NTIA points out that anyone who sees inaccuracies, or can confirm accuracies, in the map can use a crowdsourcing feature to let them know.

It is the second update, the first coming last September.

The map is a co-production of NTIA and the FCC, with NTIA updating it twice yearly, using some 20 million records.

The map includes a feature that creates "snapshots" of "individual broadband providers, showing where they offer service, what speeds they offer, and how much of the country -- or of a particular state or county -- they cover."

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.