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Small Businesses View Cable as Alternative in Data Market, USTelecom Says

USTelecom said its survey of smaller businesses showed cable is seen as an alternative for data networking, "which is analogous" to what the FCC defines as business data services (BDS). "Cable is widely perceived by business customers with 5 and…

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100 employees as a competitive alternative for their business internet access and data needs," said a filing Monday by USTelecom in docket 16-143. The filing included more methodological information about the USTelecom survey, in response to questions from FCC staff in a recent meeting. The survey asked representatives of businesses with five to 100 employees about their use of business internet access service and data networking services, "which correspond to services termed by the Commission as 'best efforts' service" and BDS.