Guidelines for Broadband Data Submission
The Broadband Data Request will be sent to California broadband providers on or before March 1st of each year, outlining any instructions or changes in our data collection process. Please submit your data in accordance with the data request instructions by the submission deadline.
A separate Voice Data Request for California Voice provider's was sent on April 3, 2020. Please submit your data in accordance with the data request instructions by the extended submission deadline of June 1 for your voice data.
Pursuant to Public Utilities Code §§ 311, 314, and 716, inter alia, and Decision D.16-12-025, all
communications providers certificated and/or registered with the California
Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), that also file Form 477 with the Federal
Communications Commission, shall submit annually to the Communications Division
by April 1st, broadband subscriber and deployment data at a Census Block level
as of the prior calendar year’s end in a form as designated by Communications
Division Staff. Only Mobile providers
may submit broadband subscriber data at the Census Tract level. All providers may fulfill the subscriber
reporting requirement by submitting subscriber data at the more granular street
address level.
Starting in the 2019 data collection cycle, Fixed Wireless providers are no longer required to submit tower location information. They are required to submit broadband Deployment data at the Census Block level.
Year
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Data current as of ...
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CPUC Deadline for Submission
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2020
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December 31, 2019
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April 1st, 2020
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Who Should Submit Data?
- Providers subject to Decision D.16-12-025 must
submit broadband data
- Facilities-based providers only (Partial Resellers should submit data on broadband they provide from facilities they own; however pure resellers should not submit data)
- Providers
with broadband speeds greater than 200 Kbps, in at
least one direction, that can provision new requests for broadband services
within an interval that is typical for that type of connection.
Where and How to Submit Data?
Files and Formats for Data Submission
Please select the following files and formats appropriate for your technology type.
For Wireline & Fixed Wireless Broadband Providers
For Mobile Providers
For Residential Fixed Broadband Providers
For Voice Data
Questions?
Please contact us at broadbandmapping@cpuc.ca.gov