The challenge process is important because mapping is a “zero-sum game,” panelists said.
The amount of funding to each state is based upon the FCC maps — which are clearly flawed.
The Broadband Breakfast Report for January 2023 lays out the things to know about the challenge process.
Some fear that state offices will lack the necessary resources to fully participate in the fabric challenge process.
SHLB told FCC not all anchor institutions use non-mass market internet providers, which are left out of mapping.
To correct for inevitable errors, the FCC is soliciting challenges to the map’s provider-submitted data.