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Broadband Deployment Challenges in the US: A Call for Immediate Action

This report, adopted in July 2010, highlights the broadband access gap in the US and the challenges faced in deploying broadband to all Americans. With roughly 80 million adults not subscribing to broadband at home and 14-24 million Americans lacking access that meets set requirements, urgent FCC action is recommended to accelerate deployment. The report includes findings on unserved areas, redefined broadband definitions, and data on consumer behavior. Key recommendations aim to remove investment barriers and promote competition for timely and reasonable broadband access nationwide.

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Broadband Deployment Challenges in the US: A Call for Immediate Action

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  1. Section 706 Sixth Report • Adopted July 2010 • Findings • Roughly 80 million American adults no not subscribe to broadband at home • Approximately 14-24 million Americans remain without broadband access capable of meeting requirements set forth in section 706. • Conclusion: broadband deployment to all Americans is not timely and reasonable • Therefore: FCC must take immediate action to accelerate deployment by removing barriers to investment and promoting competition

  2. Departure from past reports • Redefined definition of broadband from 200 kbps in both directions to 4 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream • Because of Data Improvement Act, now have to include demographic information for unserved areas and also an international comparison (soon to be forthcoming) • Determined broadband deployment through use of a model, Form 477, Census Bureau demographic data, and also consumer survey

  3. Model (also used for National Broadband Plan) showed that 14 million Americans (in 7 million households) cannot get broadband that meets the benchmark • Found broadband to be available in a county only if at least 1% of households subscribe • Unserved areas: 1,024 counties • Tended to have smaller population, lower population density and lower per capita income than average—so unserved areas are more rural and poorer

  4. Customer Survey • February 2010 • 35% (80 million) adults do not use broadband at home • 22% don’t use Internet at all • 6% use the Internet but do not have access at home • 6% use dial-up

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