Access to Preliminary Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric

The Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Task Force, Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) announce that fixed broadband service providers may now access a preliminary version of the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (Fabric) to assist them in preparing their broadband availability data for the Broadband Data Collection (BDC). This preliminary version of the Fabric will help fixed service providers with developing processes to prepare their availability data submissions. Broadband availability data can be submitted in the BDC beginning on June 30, 2022 and are due no later than September 1, 2022. The Broadband Data Task Force, WCB, and OEA also provide details on the data sources and elements included in the Fabric, as well as guidance to broadband service providers on how to prepare fixed broadband availability data that conform with the Fabric as part of their biannual BDC filings. Specifically, this Public Notice: (1) provides information for providers of fixed broadband service on how to access the preliminary Fabric; (2) identifies the data sources used in, and elements of, the Fabric; (3) confirms that the Fabric will identify broadband serviceable locations using a unique, FCC-issued identifier (Location ID), a set of latitude/longitude coordinates within the boundaries of each structure, and, where feasible, a street address; and (4) specifies that fixed broadband providers that do not use availability polygons must submit their broadband availability data using the unique Location IDs in the Fabric.