National broadband coverage grossly over-represented by FCC data, report says

StateScoop: Availability of high speed internet is much less prevalent than what's represented by federal statistics and the country's telecommunications companies, according to a report released Wednesday by an advocacy group.

In a report published by the nonprofit the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, researchers use the city of Rochester, Minnesota, to illustrate their argument that the Federal Communications Commission's methods of collecting and publishing data on broadband availability are propping up regional monopolies and duopolies at the expense of consumers.

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