OTI, PK Urge Improvements in Mobile Maps
New America’s Open Technology Institute and Public Knowledge see room for improvement on mobile broadband maps, representatives told Broadband Data Task Force Chair Jean Kiddoo and FCC Wireless Bureau staff. The LTE availability map released this month (see 2108060064) “was…
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a strong step,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 19-195. “As that map still relies on the Form 477 data with which the Commission has long been saddled, the map has shortcomings that will need addressing,” they said: “Without added detail of signal strength and the throughput speeds experienced by consumers in local communities, consumers, schools and local governments will have little idea whether an area of the map deemed ‘served’ by 4G LTE would bring them wireless connectivity sufficient to access reliable broadband internet connectivity or merely to complete a voice call.”