FCC Announces Data Specifications for Bulk Fabric Challenge Data

The Federal Communications Commission announced the release of Data Specifications for Bulk Fabric Challenge Data, which sets forth the requirements for filing bulk challenges to broadband serviceable location (BSL) data in the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric. The Bulk Fabric Data Specification is available here. The FCC also provides further details on which locations are considered BSLs in the production version of the Fabric. The Fabric is a common dataset of all locations in the United States where fixed broadband Internet access service can be installed and will serve as the foundation on which fixed broadband providers’ availability data will be overlaid. Fixed Broadband Data Collection (BDC) filers that report their broadband availability data using a list of locations must match their locations to the BSL data in the Fabric. The production version of the Fabric is now available to BDC filers and state, local and Tribal government entities.