Oh, I forgot to mention... there is a mechanism for providers to challenge coverage to get CAF funding because all sorts of providers overestimate coverage--the

Oh, I forgot to mention... there is a mechanism for providers to challenge coverage to get CAF funding because all sorts of providers overestimate coverage--there was a Ars article a few months ago about a Cable provider telling someone they served a area but it turned out to only be one side of a street or something. Map of CAF2 areas: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/maps/caf-2-accepted-map https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/maps/caf-2-accepted-map I've seen some interesting back and forth on grant applications that depend on a area being unserved. The bigger companies have regulatory and GIS staff to say "hey, we totally serve this area. Don't fund competitor X" while they smaller companies bring letters from town administrators and residents saying "hey, we tried to buy from company Y but they said they couldn't serve us / could only could provide 768k DSL because degraded copper plant".