Officials Urging Residents To Check FCC Broadband Map Accuracy At Their Location

January 5, 2023

Officials are encouraging residents in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties to review a new FCC national broadband map to see if it is accurate for their location.

Residents in both counties are asked to submit challenges if they notice any inaccuracies such as location or available internet service providers listed for their location. Accurate information is important because the federal government will use the map to determine how much funding each county will receive for broadband expansion opportunities.

Challenges to the FCC broadband map are due by Friday, January 13. View the map at broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home.

Escambia County said people without a fixed or mobile broadband connection are especially encouraged to participate. A mobile phone, a friend or family member’s computer, or a public access site can be used to enter a home address, review, and if needed, challenge the FCC’s national broadband map.

Santa Rosa County will host a drop-in open house from 5:30 until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10 at the Santa Rosa County Extension Office, 6263 Dogwood Drive in Milton. Staff will be available to answer questions, go over the broadband map and demonstrate how to submit a challenge.

Escambia River Electric Cooperative has also joined the push to make sure the map is correct locally. EREC serves members in northern Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, and the cooperative responded to an Escambia County request for proposal to provide fiber internet in North Escambia.

To learn more about the new FCC broadband map and how to submit a challenge, visit www.fcc.gov/BroadbandData/consumers.

Comments

5 Responses to “Officials Urging Residents To Check FCC Broadband Map Accuracy At Their Location”

  1. sam on January 5th, 2023 8:07 pm

    lol, keeping my dish network for sec football and everything else i watch. keeping my AT&T router for the computer, works great.

  2. Taylon on January 5th, 2023 12:10 pm

    Yeah this map is pretty deceptive considering that they have Hughes and Viasat in that list. I’ve had Viasat, and Hughes is even worse, so having those two “high speed providers” come with a lot of asterisks involved.

    Heck, having them in the list means that everywhere is being “served”. I’m lucky enough to have Starlink, but not everyone around here is able to get it yet since they are still rolling it out slowly.

  3. RaD on January 5th, 2023 9:14 am

    I am confused why SpaceX is shown on the map at this time since it is not available until sometime in 2023.

  4. Ratt on January 5th, 2023 6:52 am

    Give me a couple of weeks! I’m already busy doing other people’s jobs.

  5. ringo bingo on January 5th, 2023 5:48 am

    just checked it out for flomaton, al and it all wrong, out side of satellite or wireless, spectrum is the only cable provider, yet it not listed, and they want you to show proof and documents and what tp you use and ..on on on…..oh and you got till next week to do it..lol

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