AT&T Disputes Mississippi PSC on CAF Location Data
AT&T denied Mississippi Public Service Commission claims the carrier sent false information to Universal Service Administrative Co. Commissioners asked the FCC last week to audit AT&T on its use of more than $283 million in Connect America Fund support to…
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expand broadband to 133,000 Mississippi locations (see 2009300023). USAC earlier this year upgraded its portal to allow bulk corrections to data, and AT&T hasn’t revised the data because it first wanted to review and validate geocoding of its entire CAF II locations inventory, the carrier said in a Wednesday letter to FCC Wireline Bureau Chief Kris Monteith and Inspector General David Hunt. AT&T isn’t deceiving by advertising internet as available at a location but then finding it’s unable to install service after the company’s technician measures signal strength, it said. The telco said it will comply with interim buildout milestones and exceed the 100% requirement by year-end in Mississippi and all 17 other CAF II states. Mississippi PSC Commissioner Brandon Presley tweeted Thursday that he asked commission staff to investigate reports that AT&T will stop expanding DSL. “While DSL is not an optimal choice for internet service, it’s all that many have and is better than other services.” AT&T provided us a statement in response (see 2010080066).