STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER JONATHAN S. ADELSTEIN
Re:  Development of Nationwide Broadband Data to Evaluate Reasonable and Timely 
Deployment of Advanced Services to All Americans, Improvement of Wireless Broadband 
Subscribership Data, and Development of Data on Interconnected Voice over Internet 
Protocol (VoIP) Subscribership, Order on Reconsideration WC Docket No. 07-38
Earlier this year, the Commission took an important step by responding to the chorus of voices 
asking us to collect more accurate and reliable data about broadband deployment.  This Commission’s 
new data gathering effort will lay the foundation for developing effective broadband policies.  I’ve long 
said that a key component of this new broadband data program must include collecting more granular data 
that enables us to determine who is participating in the broadband revolution and who is not.  Though we 
made important strides toward a more localized understanding of broadband deployment in our March 
2008 Order, this Reconsideration Order takes a critical additional step.  In fact, without this fundamental 
change, the usefulness of the improvements we made in March would have been severely compromised.  
By now distinguishing between residential and business customers at a more granular level, we will be 
much better positioned to understand the factors that affect broadband adoption.  So, I thank the Chairman 
and my fellow Commissioners for their willingness to address this concern and look forward to the swift 
implementation of the new data collection program.