CTIA Asks FCC to Address Its Requested Change to Lifeline Order
CTIA urged the FCC to grant the relief it seeks in a petition for reconsideration of the FCC Lifeline order and reconsider its decision to set long-term minimum capacity standards for mobile broadband at 70 percent of the average mobile…
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data usage per household (see 1606240077). Most commenters supported CTIA’s complaint about the order, the group said in reply comments. “Only two filers opposed the Petition, and they failed to rebut CTIA’s legal and policy objections to the rule,” the wireless association said. “The record clearly supports the Petition’s grant.” Most commenters “generally” agreed “the long-term minimum standard for mobile broadband could present affordability challenges and should consequently be reconsidered,” CTIA said. Only the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates and a coalition led by the Greenlining Institute opposed the petition, CTIA said. NASUCA, meanwhile, noted in its comments the need for the FCC to address “affordability” of service, CTIA said. FCC “failure to address affordability … was one of the major factors in CTIA’s Petition,” the wireless association said. Greenlining “expresses general opposition to any reduction in minimum service standards, but fails to address the challenge to affordability in the current long-term standard formula,” CTIA said. Comments were filed Monday in docket 11-42.