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Alternate CAF Test Methodology Gets FCC Approval

Responding to ViaSat and Hughes petitions for reconsideration on last year's Connect America Fund performance measures (see 1812190050), the FCC Wireline and Wireless bureaus and Office of Engineering and Technology changed mean opinion score (MOS) testing requirements, in an order…

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Thursday in docket 10-90. Staff said it's sticking with eP.800 methodology, but it's adopting an alternative testing methodology aimed at guaranteeing the same quality voice service and allowing MOS testing twice yearly, not quarterly.