Research Objectives

Measuring Broadband America (MBA) is a research initiative which gathers independent data about broadband performance in the United States of America. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched the project in 2010 with the intention to better understand how mobile and fixed Internet performs throughout the country.

The project's funding goals were to build a national measurement platform from which the Internet performance of every American home could be measured, and to carry out strategic reports to encourage improvement for American consumers.

For more information about the MBA, please refer to the FCC’s Measuring Broadband America Program. Additional information is also available in our FAQs.