This bulletin provides a basic understanding of the FCC regulations for low-power, unlicensed transmitters, followed by some answers to commonly-asked questions. To assist readers in locating specific rules, the rule references are displayed in a column to the right of the text.

This 2014 Measuring Broadband America Report on Fixed Broadband ("Report") contains the most recent data collected from fixed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as part of the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) Measuring Broadband America program. This program is an ongoing, rigorous, nationwide study of consumer broadband performance in the United States. We measure the network performance delivered to a representative sample set of the population and service tier demographics across the United States. The sample population is drawn from subscribers of ISPs serving over 80% of the...