WTA Files Comments in Response to WISPA in FCC’s Form 477 Proceeding

On October 24, WTA filed reply comments in the FCC’s proceeding examining its form 477 data request process in response to comments made by the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA). WISPA is requesting that wireless providers of fixed broadband service be given the option of reporting their deployment data by filing geospatial data showing coverage areas (i.e., polygons of coverage filed via shapefiles or rasters) rather than reporting by census blocks. WTA argues that WISPs should be required to use the same format for submitting data on service coverage as RLECs so that the data submitted by all fixed service providers can be readily aggregated and compared.