Michigan Officials Urge Residents to Review FCC Internet Map - Government Technology

December 08, 2022 • 

(TNS) — A caller FCC representation of Michigan is expected to amusement which households person entree to high-speed Internet, often simply called broadband.

The representation suggests that adjacent to 500,000 Michigan residents don't person broadband, and the consequences scope from constricted acquisition opportunities, jobs, healthcare and different resources.

Now, the FCC is moving with authorities officials to impulse each Michigan nonmigratory to usage the caller representation to spot however their code is listed. Business owners are being asked to bash the same.

Information shared by residents and concern owners volition beryllium utilized to update the maps.

Once the maps are finalized, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) volition usage that accusation to determine erstwhile and however broadband services volition beryllium expanded.

That, successful turn, volition find which states and communities volition suffice for grants to grow broadband service.

Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II called these grants "historic investments successful high-speed Internet entree crossed Michigan," arsenic helium encouraged everyone to enactment successful updating the FCC map.

People tin sojourn broadbandmap.fcc.gov and benignant successful an code and spot if the reported sum is accurate.

The representation is accessible from a computer, cellphone, tablet oregon different instrumentality .

People who spot inaccurate accusation tin situation the representation by clicking connected the "location challenge" if an code is missing, "availability challenge" if the Internet work accusation is incorrect.

All challenges indispensable beryllium submitted by Jan. 13, 2023.

Sarah Lucas, Office of Rural Development Director wrong the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said agrarian communities can't beryllium competitory for economical development, endowment recruitment and much without broadband.

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