Formal National Broadband Map Challenge Process Needed, ILECs and CLECs Say

摘要

Telcos and cable companies said there wasn’t enough time to sift through the hundreds of thousandsnof National Broadband Map (NBM) challenges by the filing deadline for reply comments in docketn10-90 Thursday. The proceeding seeks input on the process of challenging the map's designations. Thencable and phone companies agreed a new, more formal challenge method was needed, but disagreed onnthe specifics. In comments earlier this month, cable companies and price-cap carriers criticized the NBMnas “grossly” overinclusive and underinclusive depending on where one looks (CD Jan 11 p7) . The map isnused to determine where Connect America Fund Phase I money can be distributed. Price-cap carriers getnaccess to the money to help fund broadband buildout in areas the map lists as unserved.