Predicting new FCC Broadband Maps with Current Data

The Federal Communications Commission is diligently working on new broadband maps. The stakes are high since all of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act broadband funding requires the new maps to exist before the money can be allocated to states. The new maps will fix a well-known flaw in the current “Form 477” maps, which is Census blocks are either served or not served - there’s no concept of a partially served block. Here, I use a simple technique to make an estimate of what the new maps might look like, using only data currently available.

[Mike Conlow writes about technology, policy, politics, and economics in various combinations in 'Mike's Newsletter'.]