Alaska Telecom Association, Cable Groups Support Less-Exacting Standard for Broadband Maps
The record shows the FCC should allow maps for USF support in Alaska using an accuracy standard of 50 meters, the Alaska Telecom Association (ATA) said. In March, FCC staff rejected as "overly broad" an ATA request to waive a…
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requirement that carriers receiving Alaska Plan USF support submit fiber network maps accurate within 7.6 meters (see 1903040026). GCI sought review. “Alaska Plan participants have demonstrated in multiple filings the burden of the 7.6 meter standard,” ATA said. “Applying the 7.6 meter standard imposes tremendous additional burden on Alaska Plan companies, burden which will not increase the utility of the maps.” NCTA and America’s Communications Association also filed in support of GCI: “As GCI makes clear in its application, requiring such a granular level of location information about fiber facilities would be prohibitively expensive and there is no public interest benefit to requiring such a strict definition.” Comments were posted Wednesday in docket 16-271.