The FCC understands that growth like this makes mobile broadband even more vital in keeping Americans connected. To empower and inform consumers, we released iPhone and Android applications to test mobile broadband speeds. Since the FCC Broadband Speed Test launched in March, over 1.3 million speed test have been run.
As part of our FCC.gov redesign efforts, we’re heading back to the drawing boards to develop more powerful and innovative mobile applications to put in consumers’ hands.
Here's where we need you. We want to hear your ideas for new FCC Mobile Applications. What kinds of functionality could we deliver? Guidelines and precautions for emergency situations? Tools that illuminate the sometimes fuzzy world of consumer electronics and billing? Maps that mash up FCC data with private sector data?
Send us your thoughts on your ideal consumer-focused FCC mobile applications. You can post your ideas in our forum, or check out ideas from other people and vote on your favorites.
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Thanks—we’re looking forward to hearing from you.
As the new medium evolves more and more bandwith is being used by new applications. And the response from many providers is to lower or limit the caps on bandwith. This will limit many applications and hobble future use.
One of the most important problems is the poorer will not have the access that the rich do.
An FCC mobile app might also focus not only in speed tests but connectivity in general. If an app were to continuously test if Internet is available optionally also recording location data, a map of where bandwidth is available could be made. It might be very important to know where holes in access exist going forward.
Use the GPS on my iphone and show me registered towers within a radius of my location.
Allow login via my ULS or other login, so I can see when my licenses expire, can update ULS listing, etc.
Add a Facebook page or twitter account that is more than a half-baked effort. Engage those people who matter - those who are technologically proficient and have a real sense of what they would like to see the FCC taking action on. Social networking can be a powerful tool in gauging the needs and desires of the public.
I would love to see the functionality of the ULS system on a mobile device for ease of access. Mainly for searching call signs, etc, but all the other services as well.