Study: National Broadband Map Doesn't Include All Carriers or Coverage

Are there inaccuracies and omissions in the National Broadband Map? The question has been debated since February when the federal government made the map public. The chatter continues. A new study this month from a fraud detection firm asserts that, based on consumer Internet transactions, the federal government’s map doesn't include data on all Internet carriers and their coverage areas. ID Insight, an organization that detects and prevents identity fraud, compared data in the National Broadband Map with data collected by its own organization’s database of national broadband availability, called Broadband Scout. The findings were published in a white paper called Verification Analysis of the National Broadband Map: Spotlight on Arizona. “It’s not to say that the effort of the National Broadband Map isn't valid,” said Adam Elliott, ID Insight's president. "Everybody at the state level and at the national level will agree and acknowledge that, 'Hey, this is the first step.' It’s a great start, but we know there are holes in it."