Public Knowledge Warns FCC “Streamlining” Could Undermine Broadband Map Accuracy

If you fail to properly diagnose the problem, you will fail in your abilities to solve the problem. The same is true for the digital divide, which continues to impact millions of unserved and underserved communities across the nation. The Federal Communications Commission is once again invoking the term ‘streamlining’ as justification for creating a permission structure that allows providers to evade accountability while consumers experience the consequences of distorted broadband maps. Public Knowledge will actively advocate against theoretical broadband coverage in favor of accuracy and transparency. As we’ve said many times, in order to properly close the digital divide through the historic funds that Congress has appropriated through the bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it is imperative that we measure twice and cut once. Every community deserves broadband access and digital equity.