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Broadband Industry Groups Urge Caution on Using Fabric Data for High-Cost Compliance
Commenters noted that the fabric is iterative, and changes to the data could cause confusion.
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Commenters noted that the fabric is iterative, and changes to the data could cause confusion.
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Windstream CEO analogized a fiber network to arteries and capillaries in the human body.
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Fabric data will continue to improve with feedback implementation and process changes, said CostQuest CEO.
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Broadband leaders have ‘unrealistic expectations’ for mapping accuracy, panel hears.
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Communities should take initiative in building out networks without waiting for federal funding, panelists said.
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Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said the second version of map fabric ‘largely completed.’
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FCC chairwoman said challenges to map data only a tiny fraction of locations identified.
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The data only became publicly available after the deadline passed.
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Signatories say the FCC’s map is inaccurate and local governments don’t have the resources to challenge it in time.
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The amount of funding to each state is based upon the FCC maps — which are clearly flawed.
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Panelists compared the FCC’s process to flying a plane while it’s being built.
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Some fear that state offices will lack the necessary resources to fully participate in the fabric challenge process.
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Georgia will submit 167K location challenges within days and plans to submit tens of thousands more in early January 2023.
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Commercial mapping products are emerging as complementary resources for both industry and government players.
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To correct for inevitable errors, the FCC is soliciting challenges to the map’s provider-submitted data.
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CostQuest’s CEO said states need to look at their vendors if they pose a problem challenging FCC map data.