The Federal Communications Commission has released a draft of a national broadband map and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is urging residents to look at it and give feedback to improve its accuracy.
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The FCC released the draft last month and has sought feedback from the public to verify its accuracy before the map is finalized.
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“Access to high-speed, reliable internet service is vital infrastructure as critical to our connectivity as roads and bridges,” Beshear said in a statement on Thursday. Determining where access is most needed will help ensure that funding is spent wisely, he said.
Kentucky residents, business owners and internet service providers can enter a physical address and then can either verify or challenge the information. Challenges must be filed by Jan. 13.
