Regulatory Administration
What is the Broadband Data Collection?
Broadband Data Collection is the Federal Communications Commission initative that is to help identify where broadband services are available and unavailable in the United States. The National Broadband Map provides information about the internet services available to individual locations across the country, along with new maps of mobile coverage, as reported by ISPs in the FCC’s ongoing Broadband Data Collection. Consumers, state, local and Tribal government entities, and other stakeholders can help verify the accuracy of the data shown on the map by filing challenges. An accurate map helps identify the unserved and underserved communities most in need of funding for high-speed internet infrastructure investments. The National Broadband Map consist of two sets of data, Fabric locations and broadband availability, these datasets house all the locations and the availability of broadband services in the United States. Fabric locations are updated twice a year based on successful challenges that will be represented in future fabric releases. For broadband availability are created by ISPs reports availability data that is completed every 6 months. To find out more information about the FCC's Broadband Data Collection and National Broadband Map visit www.fcc.gov/BroadbandData
How to set up Broadband Data Collection in Vision
To see the progress of your companies BDC submission staus in Vision, first click on the main menu 
In Admin Utilities, select the box labeled Regulatory Administration this will lead you to the BDC submission statuses and types.
BDC Submission Statuses
BDC submission statuses can be labeled in any matter you would see fitting for your system, the recommended status labels are Submitted and In Progress.
BDC Submission Types
For submission Types this section will be used to label how often the BDC data will be documented, Vision will automatically setup Bi-Annual Filling.
