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0010-EX-PN-2016 Applicant Eligibility

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2016-09-21ELS_182246

Broadband America Data Collection Workflow



                                                                                              Fixed Broadband:                                                      Wireless:
                                                                                              Estimated 10,000 sample “whiteboxes” nationwide, meets a              Crowdsourced data from “FCC Speed Test” App.
 Consumer




                                                                                              defined statistical model.                                            Android:
                                                                                                                                                                    Manual or automated testing: 3 test runs daily.
                                                                                                                                                                    Controlled with a data cap of 100 MB per month.
                 Fixed Broadband             Mobile                                                                                                                 Collects data types: up | down | latency | packet loss.
                    “Whitebox”         FCC Speed Test App                                                                                                           iPhone:
                                                                                                                                                                    Manual testing only.
                                                                                                                                                                    Collects about 1/10th the data of Android phones.



                                          JSON File
 SamKnows




                                                                                                                                       Geocode:
                                                                                                           Unit profile
                                                                                                                                     (aggregate to                                                                            Fixed Report
                                                                                  Fixed                    with carrier                                                                         Validated
                                                            File Server                                                             block group or           Analysis (via Hansa)
                       CSV File                                                 Broadband                   (confirm                                                                              Data
                                                                                                                                    track based on
                                                                                   Data                      speeds)
                                                                                                                                       unit data)
                                     On fixed, do
                                         we only
                                       download                                                                                                            How do
                                                       TAR balls (SFTP)
                                             after     Mobile: Monthly                                                                                    others, like
                                      SamKnows        Fixed: Bi-Annually                                                                                 WTB, get the
                                   has validated?                                                                                                           data?

                                                                                                                                       Analysis:
 OET




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Measuring
                                                            200-300GB      Ingress into                   Geocoded to                Percentages,                                                                                              Broadband America
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Combine Report
                                                                             PostGres       Mobile        census MSA,                 averages,                                            Economist Analysis                                       Report
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and Data
                                                        Monthly 5-20GB       (brazos)        Data         block group                  standard
                                                                                                                                      deviation.
 Other Bureaus




                                                                                                                                                             Non OET needs



Document Created: 2016-05-17 09:00:09
Document Modified: 2016-05-17 09:00:09

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