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Verizon says FCC should avoid increasing broadband reporting requirements

December 8, 2017

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Verizon says that the FCC should not force wireline broadband operators to develop reports of availability under the census-block level because such requirements would be challenging to support.

At issue is the FCC’s Form 477 data collection program. This program requires broadband internet service providers (ISPs) to identify the census blocks in which they provide residential or business internet service and the maximum speeds offered in each block. Additionally, ISPs are also supposed to identify the census blocks that are near enough to their networks that they could provide service within a reasonable timeframe.

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