One of the first things I did when moving to a new apartment last November is to get a better internet transaction.
To discover what was provided by other Internet service providers (ISPS) to a building, it used a useful resource issued by the Federal Communications Committee just a few days ago – a new version of the National Domain Map. It is an interactive tool that offers companies that offer communications in each country in the country and the maximum speed of these communications.
When I entered my address on the map, I discovered that this is from ARTOUND, a provider I did not know, could provide me with the same speeds that I was getting from Specialrum, which was already the Internet provider. A visit to ASTOUND on the Internet revealed that the company can also give me a cheaper price, which ended up to about 27 dollars per month.
The national domain map has obtained major updates twice every year for more than a decade with information about companies that provide internet service to a specific region. However, until last year, the map had only details of a public region – not for individual titles. This deficiency in the granules was made a problem because, as the investigation of the digital gap through coding, the maximum speed offered by only one provider can vary significantly from one block to another, or even a house to a house.
The new version of the map is trying to determine each site throughout the country capable of receiving a wide -range internet service and the level of internet service, if any, the company can provide on this site.
But the map, as it is currently, is far from perfection. The sites are missing, and the availability of information is often not identical, as provided by service providers, with reality on the ground. However, the process of using the map to help you shop it has an aspect of the ability to detect, and allow you to personally help repair, on the map. The public can determine errors and make corrections themselves.
Since the map is a starting point to allocate more than $ 42 billion in federal wide broadcast financing in America, by determining the inaccuracy on the map, you can help play a small role in directing possible money to where an urgent need is needed.
Here’s how to search for a better bold deal.
1. Look for your home on the map
Please visit the National Domain Map on https://broudBandMap.fc.gov and enter your address. Ideally, your correct address should appear immediately as an option with all the available available data for your view. But the map can, sometimes, be a little mood. It may take somewhat to re -submit your address and click to get the data you are looking for to display.
If you cannot get the map to determine your address, move to the fourth step.
2. Look at the service providers who claim to provide you with the service
Are there any high speeds regardless of those currently using you? (Make sure to highlight the “fixed wide” button in the upper right corner.)
The type of each connection displayed in the “technological” column is listed, and in the sense, “fiber to the building” is the best type of connection in terms of speed and reliability, followed by the cable. The connections listed under copper are usually slow and ancient. Satellite connections and fixed wireless connections can be very useful if there are no other options available, but they are generally lower than fiber and cable.
3. Go to the sites of service providers to see their prices
Service providers are identified as the company, and it is not necessarily the same as they provide to the public when providing internet service. The internet brand in Communications is Special. Astound is listed under the Radiate Holdings, LP. You may have to do some of Google Gothing to find out who is.
There is no direct link on the map, so you need to search on Google (or your favorite search engine) for the URL. For example, I looked for “Radia Holdings Broadband” and found Astound.
Once you are on the website for the Internet service provider, enter your address in the tool that allows you to search to see if the company serves your site – most of them are Internet service providers in a very clear place. You may find a faster speed or a lower price or both.
4. If what is included on ISP does not match what is on the FCC map
Click the “availability” of the map and select the provider that you noticed in its location. Decide whether you want to make an official challenge, forcing the provider to check for errors, or send fyi to FCC.
If you submit an official challengeFCC employees will perform an initial review, and if it is passed, the 60 -day Internet service provider has either to give up the challenge and accept your review or present its own argument to the agency that supports the reason for what was originally sent to the map. If the provider does not give up the challenge, the company may contact you directly on this topic and indicate where you may be wrong. In any case, the final decision on what must be done in relation to any challenge is left to the Federal Communications Committee.
If you provide your informationYour information will be used to inform the agency’s general efforts to improve the map, but the challenge process will not start.
Fill in your information, and in the “Challenge reason” section, select ISP either I do not provide the “S) numbered” or ISP “that does not provide technology” on your site. Describe your experience, and if you can, download a screenshot to prove what I saw.
Maybe you didn’t get a better deal, but you did your role to improve the FCC map! (Note: You have to either own or live in a site in order to make a challenge to the availability there.)
For more information about providing the availability challenge, check the FCC page on it here, and to learn about what is happening after application, check the FCC page that explains this here.
5. If your address does not appear on the map at all, or appears strange or incorrect
For example, people who live in residential buildings may see with multi -building units listed as one family home. If you see something shaken, or do not find your site, search the map to find the building that probably matches your home. Then, click the “Site Challenge” button, then describe the problem. For more information, check the FCC pages about providing a challenge to the site and what is happening after its presentation.
Again, there is no better deal for you, but you still help improve the map!
6. Tell us what I found
If you follow the steps mentioned above, we love to know what happened. Have you found a better online deal or a challenge to the Federal Communications Committee?
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Credits: Aaron Sankin
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