WTA Responds to FCC’s Review of Form 477 Data Collection Process

On October 10, WTA filed comments in response to the FCC’s FNPRM examining its FCC Form 477 data collection process. WTA supports moving to an annual reporting requirement instead of the current semi-annual requirement. However, WTA opposes the contemplated change that would make public on a national level the number of each filer’s subscribers at each reported speed. WTA also supports continued use of census block-level reporting instead of moving to a more granular method at this time. Many of the reporting alternatives more granular than census blocks are not available or practicable in rural areas.