Informing Broadband Policy Decisions with Better Data.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Sanders, Christina M.; Gaffney, Michael J.; Hansen, Debra; Babine, Monica
- Source
- Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues. 2022, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p1-5. 5p.
- Subject
- *VIRTUAL communities
*INTERNET service providers
*INTERNET access
- Language
- ISSN
- 0886-5558
The article focuses on collection process and uses made of data from local user surveys of residents in rural areas of Washington to examine how the actual experience of users of high-speed broadband differs from publicly available coverage maps. It mentions current reporting requirements, providers indicated level of service in areas defined by census block. It also mentions provider-advertised speeds are aspirational and also reported at the census block level.