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NTCA and Rural Providers Raise Concerns Over Broadband Data Collection

NTCA and representatives of rural broadband providers met separately with staff from the offices of FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks, as well as with staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau, Office of Economics and Analytics and Broadband Data Task Force to raise concerns over the impacts of unreliable Broadband Data Collection (BDC) data and “broadband overreach” on policy and funding decisions made by the FCC. NTCA also urged the Commission to make a series of systematic and process-oriented changes related to broadband availability mapping and BDC processes in a timely manner.