In reply comments to support the FCC’s Section 706 report on broadband deployment, NTCA supported increasing the minimum speed threshold for broadband from 25/3 but stated that areas with 25/3 should not be considered “unserved. NTCA also recommended the FCC complete and implement its work in the mapping proceeding and adopt specific technical standards for reporting 5G and satellite coverage before adding services leveraging these technologies to the determination of whether and to what degree broadband access is being sufficiently advanced.
Inquiry Concerning Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, GN Docket No. 20-269