Built Environment – Broadband Access
This indicator reports the percentage of population with access to high-speed internet. Data are based on the reported service area of providers offering download speeds of 25 MBPS or more and upload speeds of 3 MBPS or more. These data represent both wireline and fixed/terrestrial wireless internet providers. Cellular internet providers are not included.
Source
Source Description
The location based data in this layer is submitted to the FCC through the Broadband Data Collection (BDC). All ISPs must file data with the FCC twice a year on where they offer mass-market Internet access service using their own broadband network facilities. ISPs offering broadband Internet to fixed locations (such as homes and small businesses) must report where they offer service on a location-by-location basis. These data are location only, and does not include the total number of units in a particular location.
Methodology
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide data to the FCC about which locations they serve, at what speeds, and with what type of technology. Location based data is publicly available but does not include a unit count for any given location. Broadband is currently defined as having download speeds greater than or equal to 25 megabits per second (Mbps) and an upload speed of greater than or equal to 3 Mbps. CARES aggregates the FCC location level service data to calculate broadband access and provider statistics at various geographies.
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