26 Senators Tell the FCC to Fix the New National Broadband Map

Twenty-six US senators—led by Sens Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Thune (R-SD)—sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel highlighting important next steps in ensuring that the National Broadband Map provides a reliable depiction of broadband availability across the country. The senators are calling on the FCC to:

• work with stakeholders to make sure that all serviceable locations are represented on the map,
• make it easier to make adjustments to the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (the Fabric),
• update the Fabric more than twice each year,
• make sure broadband providers are accountable for their reports prior to the map being finalized (do not allow a provider to claim coverage at locations where challengers can demonstrate they can't receive service), and 
• ensure that the crowdsourcing challenge process works effectively and promptly in response to parties filing robust testing data.