Suddenlink Communications asked the FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security...
Suddenlink Communications asked the FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau for extra time to comply at some of its systems with new Common Alerting Protocol requirements for Emergency Alert System participants. The cable operator’s 12 “most remote systems” have…
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no broadband access at the headends and recent field research by Suddenlink’s staff “indicates there is still no viable means to bring these very remote systems into immediate compliance,” it said (http://xrl.us/bn8b3z). It planned to use satellite Internet connections at seven of the sites and DSL at the other five, it said. But it learned that the five planned DSL sites are too far from the closest digital subscriber line access multiplexer to receive an effective broadband connection. Furthermore, satellite connections have proved problematic at all 12 sites, it said. It asked for another six months to comply with the requirements.