the Before FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Inquiry Concerning Deployment of Advanced GN Docket No. 17-199 ) Telecommunications Capability to All Americans ) in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion ) 706 Adopted: August 8, 2017 Released: August 8, 2017 Comment Date: September 7, 2017 Reply Comment Date: September 22, 2017 By the Commission: Commissioner Clyburn concurring and issuing a statement. Heading Para. I. 1 II. 706 4 A. Advanced Telecommunications Capability 5 1. Evaluating Fixed and Mobile Services 5 2. Benchmarks and Metrics 12 B. Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans 30 C. Deployment in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion 34 D. Schools and Classrooms 39 III. 41 IV. 46 V. 51 VI. 56 A. Rules 56 Ex Parte B. Comment Filing Procedures 57 C. Contact Person 60 VII. 61 Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended (1996 Act), requires the Commission to determine and telecommunications capability is report annually on “whether advanced being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and Notice of Inquiry timely fashion.” With this (Inquiry), we initiate the next annual assessment of the of advanced telecommunications “availability capability to all Americans in a reasonable and timely and solicit comment and information to fashion,” help guide our analysis. The Commission released the on August 4, 2016, asking a number 2016 Notice of Inquiry of questions about broadband deployment, but did not issue a subsequent report. In light of the changes in the industry and our recent actions to encourage broadband deployment, we propose to start this afresh, with updated data and questions focused on the current progress of deployment of Inquiry
Before the D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Inquiry Concerning Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion ) ) ) ) ) GN Docket No. 17-199 706 Adopted: August 8, 2017 Released: August 8, 2017 Comment Date: September 7, 2017 Reply Comment Date: September 22, 2017 By the Commission: Commissioner Clyburn concurring and issuing a statement. Heading Para. I. 1 II. 706 4 A. Advanced Telecommunications Capability 5 1. Evaluating Fixed and Mobile Services 5 2. Benchmarks and Metrics 12 B. Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans 30 C. Deployment in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion 34 D. Schools and Classrooms 39 III. 41 IV. 46 V. 51 VI. 56 A. Ex Parte Rules 56 B. Comment Filing Procedures 57 C. Contact Person 60 VII. 61 Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended (1996 Act), requires the Commission to determine and report annually on “whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.” With this Notice of Inquiry (Inquiry), we initiate the next annual assessment of the “availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion,” and solicit comment and information to help guide our analysis. The Commission released the 2016 Notice of Inquiry on August 4, 2016, asking a number of questions about broadband deployment, but did not issue a subsequent report. In light of the changes in the industry and our recent actions to encourage broadband deployment, we propose to start this Inquiry afresh, with updated data and questions focused on the current progress of deployment of FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION