Sorry this one sort of slipped by me – the deadline for comment is January 9 (reply comment is Jan 24). I think this is one of those seemingly wonky policy tasks that can make a big difference on the ground. Federal funding will be based on unserved areas so it’s to your advantage to make sure that your area is accurately mapped.
On December 5, 2012, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice seeking comment on areas shown as unserved on the National Broadband Map for Connect America Phase I incremental support, and published a list of potentially unserved census blocks in price cap areas. This Public Notice announces that the Bureau has updated the list based on updates and corrections to the underlying geographic information system data. To give commenters adequate time to consider and respond to the updated list, the comment cycle announced in the December 5 Public Notice is extended to the dates listed at the top of this document. [Comment deadline is January 9; reply comment is Jan 24.]
The updated list is available at http://data.fcc.gov/download/unserved_fixed_broadband/unserved_fixed_broadband-master.zip (download .csv file of census blocks), and at https://github.com/fccdata/unserved_fixed_broadband (view list, make edits, and post in .csv format). An updated map of the potentially unserved price cap census blocks is posted to http://www.fcc.gov/maps/unserved-fixedbroadband.
For commenters wishing to confirm that they are using the updated version of the .csv file, the correct file contains 1,030,073 rows. The December 5 version of the list contains 1,016,032 rows.
Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission’s rules, interested parties may file comments or reply comments on or before the dates indicated above.2 Comments may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS).
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
How would I know if that map (unserved area) indicated that the area where I live was determined to be served or unserved. There is too little detail to use as a reference to locate where I live. I have no access to any fixed internet service such as DSL or cable, only wireless or satellite. The wireless service here (east side of Prairie Lk) is marginal probably due to the large piles of iron ore tailings surrounding the area. Before I committed to a wireless program with Verizon, I contacted Century Links and Paul Bunyan telephone to find out if they were planning to bring DSL out this way and they said that they had no plans to do so within the next 2 years.
Jeff,
Thanks for asking. I’d start here: http://www.broadbandmap.gov/ you can add your address and you should be able to see what they think you have as service. Admittedly, the site isn’t working for me right now – but I’m assuming that’s a temporary glitch. I have tested it successfully in the past.
Good luck! Ann