Don't Give in to Verizon on MF-II Changes, Smith Bagley Asks FCC
Smith Bagley countered Verizon arguments for the FCC to rethink an April change in the Mobility Fund challenge process rules by the Wireless and Wireline bureaus. The bureaus increased the buffer radius from 250 meters to 400 meters, which Verizon…
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said will mean the challenge process is less effective (see 1806220041). “The Reconsideration Order reflects an understanding of the fact that, if the testing parameters are too rigorous, less challenges will be undertaken because the burdens and costs associated with the data collections will be too great,” said Smith Bagley, an eligible telecom carrier in three Western states, in docket 10-90. “This result must be avoided because it would increase the likelihood that inaccuracies in unsubsidized coverage claims made by incumbent carriers will go undetected, and service areas that should be eligible for MF-II support will in fact be deprived.”