NCTA Asks FCC to Reconsider Broadband Data Report

The National Cable and Telecommunications Association is urging the Federal Communications Commission reconsider its Sixth 706 Report issued on July 20, 2010.

NCTA requests that the FCC reconsider both the appropriateness of the dataset relied on in the Sixth 706 Report and its conclusion that deployment of broadband networks is not proceeding in a "reasonable and timely" manner. NCTA argues that the FCC erred in failing to consider current information and reasonably anticipated developments in reaching its conclusion that the "reasonable and timely" standard was not being met. NCTA notes that the FCC relied on Form 477 data reflecting deployment as of June 2009 and December 2009 and claims that if the FCC had considered the more recent data in its possession, some of the largest counties identified as unserved would not have been on the list.