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> The service maps they are using are extremely poor, being charitable. charity is incorrect, poor by design. from: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26347
by kryogen1c 5y ago
> The service maps they are using are extremely poor, being charitable.
charity is incorrect, poor by design. from:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26347380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26347380
"Those data points likely undercount the number of unserved Americans because the FCC lets ISPs count an entire census block as served even if it can serve just one home in the block"
hilarious. surely the burden of accurate reporting is cost prohibitive for our poor ISPs
- Seattle3503 5y agoI would like to point out that the FCC has a mobile app now called "FCC Speed Test". It measures your ISPs speed and reports the results to the FCC. If enough people install it. It will help improve FCC data about where the most pressing needs are.
- cyanydeez 5y agothe fcc was entirely under regulatory capture under trump. thats the sole difference