The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association asked the...
The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association asked the FCC to make changes to a May 16 Wireline Bureau order on framework for the challenge process that is to be used to finalize the list of areas that will be eligible…
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for Connect America Fund Phase II model-based support. “The Bureau risks implementing the challenge process using a key definition that has been called into question by numerous parties, and that WISPA believes is critically flawed,” said the association (http://bit.ly/14XOfe0). “By pushing forward with the challenge process while such a question remains unresolved, the Bureau is putting the cart before the horse, and risks creating an eventual administrative predicament.” The agency should drop an “apparent requirement” that for an area to qualify for funding, a single company there cannot offer both voice and broadband, WISPA said. “Stated simply, the question should be whether a particular area has voice and broadband service meeting certain levels, not whether a single company (as opposed to two, or more, business entities) supply those services.” The FCC should raise its evidentiary standard for demonstrating that a census block is served or unserved to require “clear and convincing” evidence from the challenger, said the group. “Only the best quality of evidence should be permitted during the challenge process."