ACA: FCC Should Rethink Unlimited Data Requirement

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The American Cable Association has told the Federal Communications Commission that it needs to rethink its requirement of an unlimited data usage offering for the top two performance tiers as a quid pro quo for getting broadband buildout subsidies. Verizon told the FCC that there was no evidence that such an offering was reasonably comparable to urban broadband offerings, the standard the FCC used for requirements for lower tiers of service. ACA said it agreed that the FCC's rationale was "thin" and suggested the CAF approach needed to be fattened with more data.

"Given that it has provided insufficient support for its proposal, the Commission should reconsider its decision, gather evidence about data usage," ACA told the FCC, "allowances in urban offerings for these top two performance tiers, and use these data to establish a 'reasonably comparable' requirement for data usage allowances."


ACA: FCC Should Rethink Unlimited Data Requirement