Sanborn is helping states simplify the BEAD challenge process

The Sanborn Map Company is one of a number of companies offering tools for states to help them prepare for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Launched in 2023, Sanborn’s Broadband Navigator is a tool that aims to simplify the BEAD challenge process. Eligible entities can use the portal to look up an address, view broadband coverage details, take a speed test and submit evidence to challenge the broadband coverage determination. Sanborn has had experience working with broadband data and developing web-based broadband mapping applications for over a decade: from 2009 to 2014, Sanborn worked with states to help them collect and map broadband data as part of the NTIA’s $293 million State Broadband Initiative. It’s also assisted states in submitting challenges for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) national broadband map. Now, Sanborn’s working with more than a dozen states “to support their National Telecommunications and Information Administration program compliance and broadband infrastructure build.”