Jan. 13 Not True 'Deadline' for Broadband Map Challenges, Rosenworcel Tells Senators
The FCC “will accept challenges” to the FCC's new broadband map on a rolling basis, at any time,” Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and other senators in letters released Friday. Cantwell, Commerce then-ranking member…
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Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and 11 other senators urged the FCC and NTIA in December to extend the challenge deadline to at least March 14. NTIA declined in January to extend the Jan. 13 deadline (see 2301130046) for challenges to the next iteration of the map that will be used for broadband, equity, access and deployment (BEAD) program funding allocations, despite numerous requests from states and other entities. Jan. 13 “was not a deadline because the Commission continues to accept and resolve location and availability challenges so that they may be included in future iterations of the map,” Rosenworcel told senators. NTIA identified Jan. 13 “as the target date by which availability challenges had the best opportunity to be fully addressed and incorporated into the map, if necessary, ahead of NTIA's plan to allocate funds by June 30.” The 2020 Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act “envisions ongoing challenges to the map, and” the FCC “stands ready to continue to work with all stakeholders to receive feedback and continue to improve our map over time.”