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August 6, 2021 02:00 pm
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FCC Unveils New Mobile Service Maps
The Federal Communications Commission released a new set of maps Friday showing mobile service coverage and availability as reported by the major wireless providers. From a report: Billions of dollars are about to be spent on boosting broadband access for underserved Americans. The better the data that directs that spending is, the more effective the dollars will be. The FCC says these new maps represent a step towards complying with a 2020 law that mandated better public reporting of broadband and wireless service information. The maps use a new data specification that will "improve the uniformity and consistency of broadband availability data," according to an FCC release.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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