Federal Communications Commission	DA 22-640


DA 22-640
Released:  June 15, 2022

BROADBAND DATA TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES WEBINAR ON USING THE BROADBAND DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM
WC Docket No. 19-195; WC Docket No. 11-10
	The Broadband Data Task Force will hold a live, virtual webinar on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, starting at 2:00 PM EDT to preview the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) system for filers who will submit broadband availability data in the inaugural BDC filing window beginning on June 30, 2022.  
	Facilities-based service providers are required to file granular data in the BDC system on where they make mass-market internet access service available as of June 30, 2022. Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program, WC Docket Nos. 19-195, 11-10, Third Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd 1126, 1130-31, 33-34, paras. 10-11 & n.42, 16-17 (2021).  The Broadband DATA Act requires the Commission to collect broadband Internet access service data from each “provider of fixed or mobile broadband Internet access service.”  Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act, Pub. L. No. 116-130, 134 Stat. 228 (2020) (codified at 47 U.S.C. §§ 641-646) § 641(11) (Broadband DATA Act).
  Such data must be submitted into the BDC system no later than September 1, 2022. These as-of dates and filing deadlines were established by the Commission in the Second Order and Third Further Notice.  See Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program, WC Docket Nos. 19-195, 11-10, Second Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 35 FCC Rcd 7460, 7484, para. 55 (2020); Broadband Data Task Force and Office of Economics and Analytics Announce Inaugural Broadband Data Collection Filing Dates, WC Docket Nos. 19-195, 11-10, Public Notice, DA 22-182 (BDTF/OEA 2022). 
  More information about the categories of broadband providers that must file availability data, the entities that may also submit verified availability data, and what data must be filed can be found at https://www.fcc.gov/BroadbandData/filers. 
The June 29, 2022 webinar will familiarize filers with how to navigate the BDC system and how to submit their data once the window opens.  The webinar will be streamed live at both www.fcc.gov/live and on the Commission’s YouTube page at www.youtube.com/c/FCC beginning at 2:00 PM EDT.  A recording of the webinar will subsequently be posted to the Commission’s BDC webpage at www.fcc.gov/BroadbandData and on the Commission’s YouTube page.  Additional tutorials about how to file broadband availability data can be found under the “Education” tab at www.fcc.gov/BroadbandData/resources.  
The webinar will be broadcast with open captioning.  Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request by sending an e-mail to: FCC504@fcc.gov or calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice).  Please include a description of the accommodation you will need and tell us how to contact you if we need more information.  Make your request as early as possible.  Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.
For further information regarding this webinar, please contact Eduard Bartholme, Senior Outreach Director of the Broadband Data Task Force, at eduard.bartholme@fcc.gov.	
	
– FCC –
2