Computech and FCC Unveil National Broadband Map Site

Today – thanks to the exceptional work of Computech employees – the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have completed the public launch of the National Broadband Map. As few key facts about the site:

It fully supports one of the White House’s objectives from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 of increasing broadband coverage
The publicly accessible, searchable, and interactive map will connect consumers and businesses with useful information about broadband where they live and work
The site will serve as a tool for policy analysts to identify additional underserved areas in order to make informed broadband funding decisions
It provides quantitative information interactively to end-users, allowing for search functionality and the integration of multiple visual experiences
By developing the National Broadband Map on a layer of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), developers and engineers are able to consume the broadband data for their own mash-ups and applications
The application represents one of the first uses of crowdsourcing by the FCC; consumers are able to add carriers and coverage data to the database, or question the accuracy of data for their area

Computech is proud to have played a key role in the development of the first completely open and transparent map of internet broadband ever developed.

More details are available in Computech’s press release and case study.

News articles on the launch:

BREAKING: National Broadband Map To Be Unveiled Feb. 17

FCC’s Blog: Hello World

Broadband Availability and Speed Available in New Government Map

NTIA Broadband Map Press Release