BCAT Access Modules

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Broadband Access - Wireline and Fixed Wireless Services
What wireline and fixed wireless broadband services are available in your locality?

Topics:

  • Service Providers offering residential broadband by speed census tracts in locality (FCC 477)
  • Service Providers offering residential broadband by technology by census tracts in locality (FCC 477)
  • Data accuracy assessment
  • Do you have better data?
  • Consumer considerations for home broadband (Digital Nation)
  • Consumer priorities for broadband
  • Business priorities for broadband
  • Broadband pricing narrative
  • Broadband pricing links and resources
  • Broadband Access self-assessment
  • Broadband Access narrative
  • Broadband Access links and priorities

Mobile Broadband - Cellular Service
What cellular coverage and technology is available in your locality?
(The mobile broadband module is not available in the beta release of the assessment tool)

Topics:

  • Mobile coverage by technology and population and area served in locality (FCC 477)
  • Mobile coverage by technology by census tract in locality (FCC 477)
  • Data accuracy assessment
  • Do you have better data?
  • Mobile pricing and data caps
  • Mobile broadband self-assessment
  • Mobile broadband narrative
  • Mobile broadband links and resources

Service Provide Engagement
Are there opportunities to further strengthen partnerships with existing or new service providers?

Topics:

  • Providers offering residential broadband services in locality (FCC 477)
  • Providers offering business broadband services in locality (FCC 477)
  • Provider contacts and relationships
  • Demand projections and aggregation
  • Provider deployment plans
  • Service provider agreements
  • Partnership engagement self-assessment
  • Partnership engagement narrative
  • Partnership engagement links and resources

Use of Public Assets
How do local policies support fair use of public assets, enhance advanced telecommunications, and serve the public good?

Topics:

  • Accessible inventory of public assets
  • Regulations that provide for fair use of assets
  • Rights of way and dig once
  • Accountability
  • Government telecommunications infrastructure
  • Public WiFi
  • Public assets self-assessment
  • Public assets narrative
  • Public assets links and resources