
The Federal Communications Commission has made clear that its just-released newest broadband availability map is not the end product, but as chair Jessica Rosenworcel put it, “another step forward in its iterative effort to develop the best and most accurate broadband maps ever built in the United States.”
The FCC has been under pressure, both external and self-imposed, to improve its collection and representation of data on where broadband is and isn't. The Biden administration put an exclamation point on that by making universal broadband by decade's end a priority.