Data Specifications, Role of the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric, and What You Should be Doing Now (or Already Should Have Done)

The initial filing window for the FCC’s new Broadband Data Collection (BDC) opens in less than one-and-a-half months. Meeting the FCC’s new September 1 deadline will be more burdensome for operators than what’s required to meet current Form 477 obligations. The FCC is rapidly churning out guidance and specifications for how fixed broadband providers must submit their fixed broadband availability data as discussed, for instance, in this Member Advisory on the BDC data specifications, and this Member Advisory on accessing the preliminary version of the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric.