The FCC should not require broadband providers to submit information...
The FCC should not require broadband providers to submit information on their “best efforts” broadband services in the forthcoming special access data request, Cbeyond, EarthLink and Integra Telecom told the Wireline Bureau in a letter Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bn27oy). The CLECs were…
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responding to a request from bureau staff, they said, which asked whether CLECs could “quantify the burden” of submitting information on the areas where they provide “best efforts” broadband services to the state entities that collect such information for purposes of the NTIA National Broadband Map (NBM). A mandatory request to provide such coverage information would be “burdensome” for many CLECs, which have limited resources compared to large ILECs and cable companies, they said. EarthLink estimated it would take over 1,000 employee hours, at a cost of at least $60,000, to provide coverage information sought by state entities for the NBM project, the filing said.