WTA Files Comments on Network Performance Testing

On December 6, WTA filed comments with the FCC after reviewing a broadband performance testing template submitted by USTelecom.  WTA’s comments state that, while it “takes no position regarding the suitability of the template for price carriers, critical differences between RLECs and price cap carriers render the template inequitable and inappropriate as a vehicle for testing the broadband performance of RLECs. Rather, separate broadband testing procedures are needed to obtain a fair, accurate and productive measure of RLEC broadband performance.”  The comments were submitted in response to a Public Notice released by the FCC on November 6, 2017.