(September 8) In comments filed with the FCC, NTCA urged the commission to take a forward-looking approach in its Section 706 inquiry, emphasizing that broadband deployment must be evaluated based on its ability to meet both current as well as future demand. The association highlighted rapidly increasing consumer and business needs, calls for higher speed benchmarks, reduction of regulatory barriers, accurate rural definitions, and recognition that fixed and mobile broadband are complementary rather than substitutable services.
