ITTA Urges FCC to Delay July 1 CAF Broadband Performance Testing Launch
ITTA pressed the FCC to delay a July 1 start to broadband performance testing by Connect America Fund recipients to ensure they meet commitments. The midsize telco group said members are intent on complying. "Adherence to the current implementation date…
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runs the significant risk of forcing carriers to devote substantial personnel hours and financial sums to testing standards that may not ultimately be required, in the process diverting such resources from other critical and more certain endeavors such as broadband deployment," said ITTA on meeting an aide to Chairman Ajit Pai, posted Wednesday in docket 10-90. "These concerns are compounded by the current widespread unavailability of equipment that most carriers can use in a cost-effective manner to test their networks." NTCA said the performance testing processes raise concerns, including "development and availability of testing-compatible equipment and the random selection of testing location." It also "preserve[d] its positions" in a pending application for review of a bureau order, said a filing posted Tuesday on meeting staffers.