During the next round of broadband performance testing...
During the next round of broadband performance testing by the FCC, inaccuracies could result “where a panelist has not installed a modem that is capable of receiving the subscribed-to speed,” representatives of NCTA, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Cablevision…
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told staff from the Office of Engineering and Technology (http://bit.ly/1ddkgoj). “Only panelists with sufficient modems should be considered for benchmarking purposes,” the cable companies said in their ex parte filing. The performance delivered to panelists with legacy modems can still be tracked “on an aggregate basis,” they said. FCC officials have expressed concern in the past that some measurement data might not accurately reflect ISP capabilities. The commission noted last month that anomalies at Internet Protocol peering points operated by Cogent led to reduced testing results, which didn’t necessarily indicate a problem with the ISPs themselves (CD July 12 p3).