The FCC is apparently considering gathering data not just on...
The FCC is apparently considering gathering data not just on dedicated special access lines, but on “traditional Internet access service provided to businesses,” circuits which are “clearly not interchangeable” with special access lines, the American Cable Association told the commission…
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in a letter Friday (http://xrl.us/bn2iuh). Internet access is generally not provided with the same quality of service or related guarantees as dedicated high-capacity lines, ACA said. The FCC would also seek this data without any analysis of the additional burden this would place on smaller operators, contrary to the Paperwork Reduction Act, ACA said. “To put it bluntly, any effort by the Commission to adopt and impose a data submission requirement covering Internet access services provided to businesses would be arbitrary and unreasoned decision making,” ACA said.