Broadband Mapping and Data

Broadband Mapping and Data

Comcast Leads in Download Speed: Opensignal

Opensignal’s Q1 report on major ISPs found AT&T had the best upload speeds, and Charter had the highest network reliability score.

Broadband's Impact

USTelecom: Broadband Is Getting Faster and Cheaper

Gigabit subscriptions have grown fivefold since 2020 as network investment surge.

USF

FCC Considers Satellite Changes to Universal Service's High Cost Fund

Agency also ‘streamlines’ broadband data collection and mapping at its May open meeting.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Rhode Island Legislators Take Aim at 16-Year-Old Broadband Law

Proposed measure would give the state new authority to collect independent data on speeds, outages, and provider performance.

Rural

Ookla: U.S. Digital Divide Narrows in 43 States

Aggressive broadband expansion in late 2025 extended fiber access to 60 percent of U.S. homes.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Researcher: About 12.7 Million Seniors Lack Broadband Subscription, 7.2 Million Lack Computer or Tablet

The White House is proposing Congress claw back canceled digital equity funding.

Briefs

Accenture to Acquire Ookla, Strengthening Network Intelligence and Data

The consultancy aims to use Ookla's data-collection services to help ISPs, hyperscalers, and enterprises optimize networks.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Industry, Consumer Groups Still at Odds over Broadband Nutrition Labels

Consumer Reports found 30 percent of shoppers recalled seeing the labels since they went into effect.

Speedtest.net

How Network Testing Methods Shape U.S. Mobile Rankings

New mobile performance reports from Ookla show U.S. carriers ranking differently depending on how speeds are measured.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Accessibility, Consumer Groups Warn Against Scaling Back Broadband Transparency Labels

AARP cautioned the FCC against relying on ISPs’ characterizations of consumer behavior

Network

T-Mobile Leads in Opensignal’s 2026 U.S. Mobile Network Report

The report analyzes mobile user experience data collected between Sept. 1 and Nov. 29, 2025.

Broadband Mapping and Data

CostQuest Describes How It Handles Unexpected Hurdles

The company creating the nation’s broadband location database confronts recurring data challenges.

Broadband Mapping and Data

NTCA Members Deliver Fiber to Rural Schools, Libraries, and Hospitals

Survey of NTCA members finds nearly nine in 10 schools, libraries, and hospitals are served by fiber.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Fiber Broadband Association Says 11.8 Million New Fiber Passings in 2025

In a separate study, Ookla found median fixed wireless speeds from the mobile carriers decreased in 2025.

Rural

WISPs Dispute Speed Test Report

An Ookla speed test analysis found speeds were increasing at larger WISPs, but were mostly below federal benchmarks.

Broadband Mapping and Data

WISP Speeds Rising, But So are Starlink’s, Ookla Says

The company predicted increased competition between the two for rural broadband subs.