Media Contact: 
Mark Wigfield, (202) 418-0253
mark.wigfield@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
FCC UPDATES AND MODERNIZES NATIONAL BROADBAND MAP
Provides Consumers, Policymakers Tool for Displaying Broadband Coverage
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WASHINGTON, February 22, 2018—As it works to close the digital divide, the Federal 
Communications Commission has updated and modernized its National Broadband Map so the 
map can once again be a key source of broadband deployment information for consumers, 
policymakers, researchers, and others.
The new, cloud-based map will support more frequent data updates and display improvements 
at a far lower cost than the original mapping platform, which had not been updated in years. 
Improvements and features in the successor National Broadband Map include: 
? Fixed deployment data based on the latest collection by the FCC and updated twice 
annually
? Deployment summaries available for seven different geographical types: nation, state, 
county, congressional district, city or town (census place), Tribal area, and Core -based 
Statistical Area (such as New York-Newark-Jersey City NY-NJ-PA)
? Broadband availability and provider counts in each of the nation’s over 11 million 
census blocks, available for six technologies (fiber, DSL, cable, satellite, fixed 
wireless, and other) as well as seven speeds, for a total of 441 combinations
? Provider summary information available for 1,782 providers by technology, eight 
download speed tiers, and nine upload speed tiers
? Deployment comparisons between geographic areas
? A portal for data downloads
? Satellite imagery map overlay that shows buildings, roads, and geography
? Graphs that show what fraction of an area’s population has access to broadband at a 
given speed
The map is available here: https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov 
While data on mobile service is not yet available on the new map, it is available on separate 
maps here: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/maps/ 
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constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).