{"id":117657,"date":"2019-05-10T07:50:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=117657"},"modified":"2019-05-10T07:50:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T12:50:12","slug":"latta-introduces-broadband-mapping-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/05\/10\/latta-introduces-broadband-mapping-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta introduces broadband mapping bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and Peter Welch (D-Vermont) introduced the bipartisan Broadband Mapping After Scrutiny (MAPS) Act on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This legislation would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a challenge process to verify fixed and mobile broadband service coverage data. Current FCC broadband maps are inaccurate, showing coverage where it doesn\u2019t exist. This leaves consumers without access to broadband and directs funding to the wrong areas. Click here<\/a> to read the bill text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur communities know better than a map if they have access to fast, reliable broadband,\u201d said Latta. \u201cAfter all, rural families and business owners rely on this access to do their jobs, finish their homework, and stay connected to friends and family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile we know these broadband maps are inaccurate, there currently isn\u2019t a way for local governments to challenge them — the Broadband MAPS Act would change that, making it easier for unserved and underserved communities to make their case to the FCC,\u201d Latta added. \u201cBetter maps mean better broadband availability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is essential that broadband maps accurately depict broadband deployment, especially in rural areas,\u201d said Welch. \u201cThe first step in solving a problem is admitting there is one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBroadband coverage maps are a mess and must be fixed,\u201d he went on to say. \u201cIn the interest of creating accurate maps, local organizations should be permitted to challenge flawed data. Our bill will allow local input which will improve the accuracy of these maps.\u201d
\u201cFor several years, communities across the country have been using their limited resources in attempts to disprove obvious inaccuracies in the FCC broadband maps,\u201d\u00a0said Defiance County Commissioner Ryan Mack.\u00a0\u201cThe time and money spent collecting true local data can only help improve broadband availability, particularly in more rural parts of the country, if there is a process to challenge these flawed maps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The\u00a0Broadband MAPS Act\u00a0will help local leaders in northwest Ohio and across the nation show the broadband needs in their communities and will allow funding to be directed to the right areas,\u201d Mack added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and Peter Welch (D-Vermont) introduced the bipartisan Broadband Mapping After Scrutiny (MAPS) Act on Thursday. This legislation would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a challenge process to verify fixed and mobile broadband service coverage data. Current FCC broadband maps are inaccurate, showing coverage where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 07:08:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}