Today's Regulatory Mix: FCC Form 477 Reminder, FCC Activates Disaster Information Reporting System
FCC Form 477 Reminder
The FCC’s Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) has issued a Public Notice reminding all parties required to file Form 477 that the filing deadline for the Form 477 data as of June 30, 2020 is September 1, 2020. Entities required to file the Form 477 include: facilities-based providers of broadband connections to end users, providers of wired or fixed wireless local exchange service, providers of interconnected VoIP service, and facilities-based providers of mobile voice service.
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Topics:
FCC Form 477,
Disaster Information Reporting System,
FCC Activiates DIRS,
Form 477 filing deadline
Each year Inteserra geocodes millions of address records for over 100 telecommunications and cable companies for FCC reporting. The results are used to create files organized by US Census tract and block that are uploaded into the FCC 477 database.
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Topics:
FCC Form 477,
FCC Form 477 Reporting,
Census tract and block,
high capacity data services
USDA Awards Rural Broadband Funding in North Dakota
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it had awarded $23 million in two high-speed broadband infrastructure projects that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 2,643 rural households and 78 businesses in North Dakota. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
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Topics:
FCC Form 477,
fcc form 477 data,
USDA's Reconnect Pilot Program,
North Dakota Broadband
FCC Releases Form 477 Data
The FCC released data on fixed broadband deployment and mobile voice and broadband deployment as of June 30, 2018. All the data were collected through FCC Form 477.
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Topics:
FCC Form 477,
Form 477 Data,
FCC Commissioner O'Rielly,
911 fee diversion,
fixed broadband deployment
FTC Settles Privacy Shield Complaints
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached settlement agreements with five companies over allegations that they falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, which establishes a process to allow companies to transfer consumer data from European Union countries to the United States in compliance with EU law.
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Topics:
FCC Form 477,
Interconnected VoIP,
ILECs,
CLECs,
FTC Privacy Shield,
Voice Telephone Services Report,
over-the-top
FTC Revises List of Companies Subject to Broadband Privacy Study
The Federal Trade Commission has revised the list of companies from which it is seeking information as part of its examination of broadband companies’ privacy practices.
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Topics:
FCC Form 477,
Internet Access Services Status Report,
Broadband Privacy Study
ITIF Report Says GDPR-Style Data Privacy Law Would Cost U.S. Economy $122 Billion Per Year
In a recent Report the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) found that federal legislation mirroring key provisions of either the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) could cost the U.S. economy approximately $122 billion per year.
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Topics:
FCC Form 477,
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation,
GDPR,
ITIF,
CRTC 2019 Communications Monitoring Report
FCC Delays Form 477 Filing Date
The FCC announced that the filing deadline for the Form 477 data as of December 31, 2018 has been extended to March 8, 2019. It also announced that the FCC’s Form 477 filing interface is now accepting data as of December 31, 2018. The FCC reminded providers required to file Form 477 that their failure to do so may subject then enforcement action under sections 502 and 503 of the Communications Act and any other applicable law.
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Topics:
FCC Form 477,
California Net Neutrality,
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee,
FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order
What has changed in the Form 477 process or timing?
The FCC’s Form 477 is designed to gather location-specific information about the availability of broadband access across the United States. The same report is also used to track the geographic penetration of competitive options for local services, including traditional landline voice services, VoIP and wireless. This data is gathered from all providers of these services twice a year.
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Topics:
wireless,
VoIP,
FCC Form 477,
Rate of Return (ROR) carriers,
landline voice,
broadband access,
March 1, 2019 Deadline,
Facilities-Based Broadband ,
Facilities-Based Mobile Telephony
