Ookla Meets With FCC Staff on Broadband Data Entry Concerns
Ookla raised concerns with FCC Broadband Data Task Force staff about problems entering data into the agency’s database. The company discussed concerns carriers and wireless industry groups have raised “about the rules and requirements that are currently preventing tests from…
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third-party apps, including Speedtest by Ookla, from being utilized to capture data needed for challenging claimed coverage reported to the FCC and included on the mobile view of the National Broadband Map,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 20-32. Ookla noted the submission portal requires “fields that are not commonly in use by apps created by the private sector and may, in fact, be collected by only the FCC’s own speed test mobile application.” Ookla asked about “the need for these uncommon data fields in the collection process, the possibility that other applications, such as those from Ookla, may be able to capture the same information, as well as an interest to investigate whether these uncommon data points were necessary for the task force to fulfill its mission.”