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From Jacob:
One thing that came to mind as I was reading through is aligning the Access Network Technology Codes to what the FCC uses in the Broadband Map ([https://www.fcc.gov/general/technology-codes-used-fixed-broadband-deployment-data]). Even if it was not used 1:1, something like this could be used as a prefix to make parsing easier. For data analysis, this would limit any type of crosswalk file that would be needed and tends to plague any use of data from the Census and other agencies.

https://support.google.com/fiber/answer/14119068#zippy=%2Cnutrition-labels%2Cgig

The FCC doc mentions CSV but in a way that means it is not limiting - other formats may be used.

1. ISPs must take steps to ensure that
   the information contained in the labels is publicly available via a dedicated URL in a machine-readable
   format, and that the labels include a unique identification code to assist third parties and researchers in
   compiling broadband data to help consumers compare service offerings amongst providers.

2. Providers should make each label’s information available by
   providing the information separately in a spreadsheet file format such as .csv. These files should be made
   available on a provider’s website via a dedicated URL that contains all of a provider’s given labels. We
   require providers to publicize the URL with the label data in the transparency disclosures required under
   47 CFR § 8.1(a). These machine-readable files must provide the same categories of information as those
   presented in each label, including the unique identifier described below. We direct CGB, in consultation
   with other relevant bureaus, to make available on the Commission’s website resources that may help
   providers satisfy the machine-readability requirement, such as sample machine-readable spreadsheet
   files.144 Further, given the importance of this requirement, we will monitor providers’ implementation of
   machine readability to ensure providers’ implementation of this requirement is useful to third parties and
   the Commission in its data collection efforts.

Footnote:

144 AARP Reply at 9-11 (stating that machine-readable data requires a consistent structured data format, which could
be enabled by the Commission providing an API for inputting data, or by providing a template in Excel format, to
allow the creation of information in both .csv and .xml formats and the machine-readable format requirement should
impose no significant burden on the ISP).