The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association filed a petition for...
The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association filed a petition for reconsideration of a Dec. 5 FCC Wireline Bureau public notice seeking comment on areas shown as unserved on the National Broadband Map for Connect America Fund Phase I support. The…
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bureau seeks comment on a collection process that “has not been approved by the full Commission following required notice-and-comment procedures,” WISPA said (http://xrl.us/bn73ms). “The Public Notice is unduly burdensome and subject to imminent obsolescence. It requires fixed broadband providers to review the accuracy of the December 2011 National Broadband Map (NBM) when, according to information provided by the Commission’s Geographic Information Officer, release of the updated and more accurate June 2012 version of the NBM is expected in January 2013. If the Bureau does not rescind the Public Notice, it should afford parties an indefinite extension of time until final rules are effective and the updated NBM is available."