If you were unable to attend the NRECA/NRTC Broadband Map Challenge Project the slides from the presentation are attached and there are dates and information below that you may be interested in.

For those of you that were on the webinar, the third way to challenge the FCC maps, besides NRECA’s “polygon” method and reaching out to your membership to respond, was to have your state’s Office of Broadband challenge the maps.  I contacted the Director of Florida’s Office of Broadband, Katie Smith to see if Florida would be challenging the maps and her response is below:

“The Florida Office of Broadband will be submitting speed tests collected through the map on the Broadband website, but will not otherwise file a formal challenge.  We are strongly encouraging our communities and residents to review and challenge the maps, using the FCC speed tests.”

I forwarded this to Brian O’Hara at NRECA for his information.

Michelle Hershel
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Florida Electric Cooperatives Assoc.
2916 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, FL  32301
Cell:  (850) 510-1693
(850)877-6166, ext. 3

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From: NRTC Funding Services <funding@nrtc.coop>
Sent: Friday, December 9, 2022 10:17 AM
To: NRTC Funding Services <funding@nrtc.coop>
Subject: NRECA & NRTC Broadband Map Availability Challenge Webinar Recording & Slides

To registrants of yesterday’s webinar;

Thank you for signing up for the webinar held yesterday on the NRECA & NRTC Broadband Map Availability Challenge Project.

A pdf of the slide deck is attached, and a recording of the webinar is available at this link<https://info.nrtc.coop/webinars>.

If interested in participating in the challenge:

     *   By Thursday, December 15, we kindly ask that you:
        *   Email bdc@nrtc.coop<mailto:bdc@nrtc.coop> to let NRECA/NRTC know if you plan to join the bulk challenge
        *   Let NRECA know if you plan to work with your own contractor to submit your own bulk challenge. Please e-mail brian.ohara@nreca.coop<mailto:brian.ohara@nreca.coop>
        *   Let NRECA know if you plan to share the individual challenge link with your membership
     *   By Friday, December 23, submit data to NRTC through this dedicated email address:  bdc@nrtc.coop<mailto:bdc@nrtc.coop>
        *   December 23rd, 2022, deadline for polygon submission to NRTC will be strictly enforced

We hope the webinar was useful to you, and please let us know if you have any questions.
Please look out for future webinars here: NRTC Webinars<https://info.nrtc.coop/webinars>

Thanks again,

NRTC & NRECA
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