# 2026-12766: FCC Finalizes 'Delete, Delete, Delete' Data Rule 2026-12766, Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program; Delete, Delete, Delete, is a Federal Register rule from Federal Communications Commission published 2026-06-24, effective 2026-07-24; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12766 - As of: 2026-07-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2026-12766 - Title: Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program; Delete, Delete, Delete - Type: Rule - Agencies: Federal Communications Commission - Citation: 91 FR 37831 - Published: 2026-06-24 - Effective: 2026-07-24 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-07-01 ## In one line FCC Finalizes 'Delete, Delete, Delete' Data Rule ## Summary The FCC is making it easier for internet providers to report broadband data by simplifying rules and cutting extra paperwork. Starting July 24, 2026, providers won’t have to fix data flagged as wrong—they’ll just lose those areas automatically. This helps speed up broadband mapping and reduces hassle for companies and communities tracking internet access. ## Abstract In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted an Order that takes steps to streamline the processes associated with the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) and the National Broadband Map and alleviates unnecessary regulatory burdens on service providers and challenge process participants. The Order aligns reporting requirements for broadband availability and subscription data, expressly declines to adopt a proposal to require satellite providers to submit additional certifications and supporting data, streamlines the Fabric challenge process, adopts a maximally- streamlined process by which the BDC system automatically removes areas or locations that fail a verification or audit without requiring the provider to update its availability data after receiving notice of the failed verification or audit, and makes certain ministerial changes. ## Effects PRIA read - Form 477 and BDC Definition Harmonized: benefit, low. Starting July 24, 2026, the FCC requires that FCC Form 477 use the same definition of “broadband” as the Broadband Data Collection (the definition in 47 CFR 8.1(b)). This change removes customized-only connections from Form 477 reporting and adds very low bandwidth mass-market connections (includin… - No New Satellite Data Requirements: benefit, low. The FCC declined to require satellite providers to file additional certifications or the satellite infrastructure data proposed in the Fourth FNPRM, so satellite providers will not have to make duplicative biannual submissions of data already provided in FCC Form 312 and Schedule S. - Stop In-Cycle Fabric Notifications to Providers: benefit, low. The FCC eliminated the rule requiring the BDC system to alert service providers of in-progress Fabric challenges and removed the requirement that providers be given an in-cycle opportunity to respond. Providers will still be notified of accepted Fabric challenges before the next map version is publ… - New Fabric Challenge Portal Rules: benefit, low. The FCC adopted a new Fabric challenge subsection requiring challengers (state, local, Tribal governmental entities, consumers, and others) to submit name/contact info, street address or coordinates, dispute category, evidence, and a certification when challenging Fabric locations via an online por… - Automatic Map Changes After Failed Audits: benefit, medium. Effective July 24, 2026, providers are no longer required to update BDC data after adverse verification or audit findings; instead, Commission staff will modify or remove some or all of a provider's location or area data from the National Broadband Map as needed after the provider is notified. Prov… - Provider Data Publicly Released: mixed, medium. The FCC revised its rules to state that the Commission shall release provider-specific broadband availability data from Broadband Data Collection filings to the public and that providers may not request confidential treatment of such information. ## Related documents - [2026-20591](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20591): Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20590](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20590): Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20676](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20676): Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20607](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20607): Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20681](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20681): Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20486](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20486): Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 2026-10-06 ## Sources - [2026-12766 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12766/establishing-the-digital-opportunity-data-collection-modernizing-the-fcc-form-477-data-program) - [2026-12766 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12766.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2026-12717, Conditions for Additional Information and Fee in Petitions Filed in Patent Appl…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12717) - [Next: 2026-12778, FCC Adopts Application Limit and Eligibility Restrictions for New NCE Reserved…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12778) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12766 (as of 2026-07-01).