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Congress Revises Broadband DATA Act, New Jersey Has Best Internet, Bills Targeting Big Tech

The House of Representatives passed a revised version of the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) act on Tuesday to the applause of many broadband advocacy groups. If signed into law, the DATA act would establish more rigorous rules for the Federal Communication Commis

Congress Revises Broadband DATA Act, New Jersey Has Best Internet, Bills Targeting Big Tech
Photo of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone courtesty the congressman's office

The House of Representatives passed a revised version of the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) act on Tuesday to the applause of many broadband advocacy groups.

If signed into law, the DATA act would establish more rigorous rules for the Federal Communication Commission’s collection of broadband data in the future. To much criticism, the FCC has been using Form 477 data that significantly underestimates the number of Americans without access to broadband. This bill would aim to correct that error.

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