ISPs Seek Changes to Form 477 Rules
The Wireless ISP Association said it strongly supports efforts to modernize FCC Form 477, but the rules should take into account wireless connections. “Allow fixed wireless providers to submit geospatial data that show coverage areas (i.e., polygons of coverage filed…
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via shapefiles or rasters) as an alternative to reporting via census blocks, street addresses, road segments or geocoding,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 11-10. “Such geospatial data would provide more accurate deployment data for broadband services, especially in rural areas. ... Such data would also be a less burdensome reporting metric for WISPA’s members.” The American Cable Association said if the FCC revises the form, “reporting broadband deployment information on a street segment basis adequately balances competing interests. It will significantly improve the information that the Commission collects today on a census block basis by providing more granular data.” USTelecom proposed carriers “confidentially provide to the FCC all known addresses that they have in their databases -- both current and previous customer addresses so that the Commission could then take this data and eliminate duplicates, build on what is provided with publicly available parcel data, crowdsourcing, or some other governmental or commercially available source that meets their requirements for usability.”