ACA Lauds FCC Guidance on Broadband Dislosure Under Enhanced Transparency Duties
The American Cable Association welcomed FCC guidance for complying with broadband network performance disclosure requirements under the enhanced transparency duties of the 2015 net neutrality order (see 1605190061). Thursday's public notice "properly balanced the interests" of consumers and smaller ISPs,…
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ACA said in a Friday release, which noted previous concerns that the enhanced disclosure obligations "were vague and would impose undue burdens" on the group's members. "The new guidance addresses that concern by giving smaller ISPs additional and reasonable direction on complying with the new packet loss and geographic granularity requirements and by reiterating that smaller ISPs can continue to follow the 2011 Guidance as to acceptable methodologies to measure and disclose actual network performance," ACA President Matthew Polka said. "The guidance will assist smaller ISPs in fulfilling their obligation to provide consumers sufficient and understandable information about their broadband services and practices in a reasonable manner."