Charter Communications asked the FCC for six-month waivers of new emergency...
Charter Communications asked the FCC for six-month waivers of new emergency alert system (EAS) rules for 32 of its “smallest, most remote cable headends” because they lack the broadband necessary to “reliably” receive alerts formatted in common alerting protocol (CAP).…
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It said (http://xrl.us/bncmyd) it started buying new equipment last year, having “invested hundreds of thousands of dollars toward CAP-compliant hardware and software upgrades,” which will give access to CAP-compliant alerts to over 99 percent of its subscribers by the June 30 deadline. Several cable companies have filed waiver requests for similar systems in docket 04-296 this month as the deadline approaches (CD June 22 p15).