Pennsylvania Launches Broadband Map

The Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development unveiled a new tool for identifying the availability and speed of broadband connections throughout the state. The interactive broadband map gives policy makers and state officials a snapshot of where broadband service exists and which areas still need access. The map will become part of a national broadband map that the US Department of Commerce plans to launch in February. A $7.3 million grant from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act paid for the map, which will be updated semi-annually.