FCC Maps 'Absolutely Critical' to BEAD Funding Allocations: Davidson
The FCC’s new broadband maps are “absolutely critical” to administering NTIA’s broadband, equity, access and deployment program, said Administrator Alan Davidson Tuesday during an Internet Innovation Alliance webinar. Sates and local organizations should also have “at least one shot” at…
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challenging the first iteration of the new maps before funding is allocated, Davidson said (see 2209020041). “We have to get the maps right so we know that we're spending the money where the where the need is,” he said, and “It's been really hard in the past to get this done right” because the maps “in the past honestly have been pretty bad." NTIA will the FCC's maps "as the ultimate source of truth" for deployment needs, Davidson said, "but I think states will be guided by their own information."