NET Act

This bill tells the FCC to check how the supply of telecommunications network equipment affects getting broadband built and expanded. The FCC must add this check to its public communications marketplace report every two years, which is sent to Congress and posted for everyone to read. It also adds that the FCC should assess, using data it already has or can access, whether equipment availability affected broadband rollout during the reporting period, and it does not make internet providers submit more information than they already must.

• Who is affected: The FCC, internet service providers, Congress, and the public who read the report.
• What changes: The FCC’s regular report must include an assessment of how network equipment availability influenced broadband deployment, based on available data.
• When: Every two years, as part of the FCC’s ongoing communications marketplace report.