OGC OKs Methodology for Measuring AT&T Internet Traffic Exchange Performance
A methodology to measure AT&T's performance at internet interconnection points was approved by the FCC Office of General Counsel, said an agency public notice Friday in docket 14-90, the proceeding on the telco's 2015 takeover of DirecTV. Pursuant to a…
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condition for the deal's approval, the commission selected the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) to create a schedule and methodology for AT&T to report on performance of traffic exchanged at internet interconnection points, the PN said. It said CAIDA worked with AT&T and the FCC "to develop an acceptable measurement methodology," which is described in a first amended report approved by the OGC, in consultation with the Wireline Bureau and the FCC's chief technologist.