WISPA Supports FCC Proposal for Changes to OTARD Rules
The Wireless ISP Association said it’s filing FCC comments backing modernization of rules for over-the-air reception devices (OTARDs), in response to an NPRM approved by commissioners 5-0 in April (see 1904150035). The rules are almost 20 years old and need…
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an update, WISPA said in a news release. “Updating OTARD rules to allow small broadband hubs -- technology the size of a pizza box -- to be placed on private property will have a supersized effect on rural broadband deployment,” said WISPA President Claude Aiken. “It lowers barriers to siting fixed wireless facilities, enabling use of existing infrastructure free from onerous, local permitting requirements.”