A bill co-authored by U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack of Iowa designed to improve the accuracy of the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband availability maps in rural areas has passed the U.S. House and now heads to the Senate, reports the Corridor Business Journal. H.R. 4229, the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act, would require the FCC to collect “granular service availability” data from wired, fixed wireless and satellite broadband providers, and create a challenge process for consumers, governments and other groups to challenge FCC maps with their own data.
