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Searching for broadband services

• Type a street address, town, zip code or place name (e.g., UMass) in the Locate an Address box above the map. A blue marker will identify the location on the map and information about broadband services available near that location will display in the Provider Information panel to the left of the map.
• Left click once anywhere on the map to open a pop-up window with information about broadband services available near that location. A yellow marker will identify the selected location.
• Compare services available near the address entered (in the Provider Information panel) with services available near the location selected on the map (in the pop-up window).

Changing the map

• Click on the Change Map button at the top of the map to change the type of information (e.g., broadband, background and other) displayed on the map.
  • Use the Select a Broadband Map drop-down list to choose between themes related to broadband services available in the Commonwealth. The map color definitions are updated in the Map Legend panel to the left of the map.
  • Use the Select Districts & Other Areas drop-down list to overlay political districts or economic target areas on the map.
  • Use the Select a Background drop-down list to change the map background between Google’s terrain map, Google’s satellite imagery and a population distribution map.
  • Use the View Community Anchor Institutions checkbox to turn these locations on and off. Community anchor institutions include libraries, K-12 schools, higher education, career centers, town halls, public safety facilities and medical and healthcare facilities.
• Use the Transparency slider to make the background map or the broadband map more visible (e.g., slide the blue bar to the left to make the background map more pronounced).

Moving around on the map

• Use the zoom slider at the top right of the map to zoom in and out.
  • To zoom in closer, drag the blue bar up or click on the + symbol.
  • To zoom out further, drag the blue bar down or click on the - symbol.
• Use your mouse wheel to zoom in closer on the current map area by scrolling up and zoom further out by scrolling down.
• Double-click on the map to zoom in closer on the current map area.
• To zoom in closer on an area of interest, hold down the Shift key, click and hold the left mouse button, drag a box across the area, then release the mouse button.

Using the information panel

• Click on the blue arrow at the top right of the panel to hide the entire panel or on the blue arrow at the top left corner of the map to show the entire panel.

• Click on the blue header bar above any section in the panel to show or hide that section.

Submitting feedback

• If the feedback options are not visible, click on the Feedback bar to show them.
• Enter comments in the text box and click the submit button.
• Click the Take the broadband survey button to open the survey page and submit information about Internet service at your residence or business.

This is a draft map of broadband map displays services available as of June 30, 2011 - including cable, DSL, fiber optic and fixed and mobile wireless services - but not including statewide satellite coverage. Service area boundaries were acquired from 29 service providers and modified based on feedback from communities, but have not yet been verified by other sources and should be used as an estimate only.

This map is the result of an ongoing federal program to collect, verify and map broadband availability information and will be updated every 6 months to improve accuracy and capture changes in service availability. The information on this map will also be reflected in the FCC National Broadband Map.

This map is distributed "as-is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of suitability to any particular purpose or use and is intended for use only at the published scale.

Click Accept below to acknowledge this disclaimer and accept the limitations of the Massachusetts Broadband Map.

Why is this map beta & not final?

This mapping program is voluntary. Thus, this map is the result of data collected from providers that have agreed to participate in the program. Since there are still providers not included on this map, including satellite providers, it is not yet final.