The FCC should make AT&T disclose its emergency alert system limi...
The FCC should make AT&T disclose its emergency alert system limitations to TV subscribers as a condition of granting the company’s request for extra time to follow EAS rules, said a lobbying group for city officials. AT&T wants a…
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waiver through July to meet FCC requirements that cable, phone and other terrestrial pay-TV providers pass along several types of emergency messages. The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors said in a Dec. 17 FCC filing it opposes the request. If AT&T gets the extension, it should be required to give the FCC progress reports on its efforts to comply with EAS rules, the group said. “The current inability of AT&T’s video service to provide EAS communications is a public safety issue and subscribers should be fully aware.” AT&T had told the FCC that it’s “strongly committed” to carrying emergency alerts on its U-Verse IPTV service.