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Subject: National Broadband Mapping System
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:22:37 -0600 (CST)
From: Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello,

This comes from the National Telecommunications & Information
Administration news today:

"The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) today unveiled the National Broadband
Map -- the first public, searchable nationwide map of broadband Internet
availability -- and the results of a new nationwide survey on broadband
adoption.  The data will support efforts to expand broadband access and
adoption in communities at risk of being left behind in the 21st century
economy and help businesses and consumers seeking information on their
high-speed Internet options. NTIA met the deadline Congress gave the
agency to create and launch the National Broadband Map by February 17,
2011."

The full news item is at:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2011/NationalBroadbandMap_02172011.html

The Broadband Mapping System is at: http://broadbandmap.gov/

Note that they also have data for individual states and the entire
country as well at: http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/broadband-data

Linda Zellmer

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Linda Zellmer
Government Information & Data Services Librarian
415 Malpass Library
Macomb, IL 61455
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Phone: 309-298-2723
Fax: 309-298-2791