NTCA Urges FCC Restraint in Broadband Performance Measure Requirements
The FCC should ensure broadband performance measurement testing protocols "can be implemented in ways that are both administratively and economically equitable and efficient," said an NTCA filing posted Thursday in docket 10-90. Small providers especially lack bargaining power over the…
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performance of a third-party middle-mile provider and shouldn't be subject to testing beyond network portions under their control, the group said. NTCA urged the FCC to revise its draft Connect America Fund broadband performance order, scheduled for a commission vote Oct. 25 (see 1910040053), to make sure carriers aren't subject to multiple penalties if they fail to meet speed and latency requirements. The group also said the FCC rules "should contemplate the impact of consumer perceptions of new, test-capable devices installed at their premises." An NTCA official met Tuesday with an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr.