NCTA Pitches FCC on 3-Step Method for Improved Broadband Mapping

NCTA-The Internet & Television Association has proposed a three-step method for improving the broadband availability data the Federal Communications Commission uses to direct Universal Service Fund subsidy money:

1. Polygon shapefiles, instead of proposed address-based reporting, could be achieved  as early as 2020.
2. FCC to use crowdsourcing to backstop the reported data
3. Focus on pinpointing unserved areas, which the shapefiles will help do.