FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated two items related to b...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated two items related to broadband data sharing last week. One takes up a petition by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners for a declaration that rules don’t limit states’ collection of information from…
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broadband service and infrastructure providers. The item on circulation is a proposed order resolving the narrow issue stated in the petition, an FCC official told us. Big phone companies have called the proposed rule an unjustified expansion of state authority (CD Nov 4 p5). The second item is a proposed order about Section 106(h)(1) of the Broadband Data Improvement Act, the official said. The section directs the commission to share with eligible bodies aggregate broadband data collected in FCC Form 477. The draft order interprets how the agency should share data, what “aggregate” means and how to protect the confidentiality of competitive data, the source said. Companies and consumer groups have fought over how much detail those requesting the information should get (CD Aug 3 p3).