Broadband World News Report
ECC TECHNOLOGIES HITS THE STREETS TO MAP NEW YORK’S BROADBAND
Nicole Ferraro, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/8/2021
Excerpt from article:
“….Before states can close their digital divides, they need accurate data about where broadband access gaps exist and why.
While the FCC works on meeting its requirement to redo the country’s broadband map – and with billions up for grabs through federal grants – several states have taken the initiative to produce their own maps.
One of the latest is New York, which has hired local firm ECC Technologies to conduct a broadband mapping and documentation project. The project satisfies a mandate of the state’s Comprehensive Broadband Connectivity Act, passed in 2020, to study the availability, reliability and cost of broadband in New York.
That bill hit a couple of initial delays: Former Governor Andrew Cuomo had killed it with a pocket veto to halt its implementation until the state passed its budget in the spring of 2021… which was soon followed by Cuomo’s resignation over sexual harassment allegations in the summer.
Under the new administration, Governor Kathy Hochul announced in September that the project was proceeding with Rochester, New York-based ECC Technologies, which would produce and publish a detailed Internet access map by May 2022.
“With this groundbreaking study, we will help ensure that every part of the state – regardless of geographical and economic factors – has access to high-speed broadband,” said Governor Kathy Hochul in a statement announcing the mapping project in September.
(Source: Gov. Kathy Hochul via Flickr)…..”
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— Nicole Ferraro, site editor, Broadband World News; senior editor, global broadband coverage, Light Reading. Host, “The Divide” on the Light Reading Podcast