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AT&T, T-Mobile fight speed tests that could prove their coverage maps wrong;:
The carriers' objections came in response to the FCC seeking comment on a plan to improve the nation's inadequate broadband maps. Besides submitting more accurate coverage maps, the FCC plan would require carriers to do a statistically significant amount of drive testing.
"In order to help verify the accuracy of mobile providers' submitted coverage maps, we propose that carriers submit evidence of network performance based on a sample of on-the-ground tests that is statistically appropriate for the area tested," the FCC proposal issued in July 2020 said.
This could prevent repeats of cases in which carriers exaggerated their coverage in FCC filings, which can result in government broadband funding not going to the areas where it is needed most. Small carriers that compete against the big three in rural areas previously had to conduct drive tests at their own expense in order to prove that the large carriers didn't serve the areas they claimed to serve.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai did not punish Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular after finding that the carriers exaggerated their 4G coverage in official filings. But Pai is moving ahead with plans to require more accurate maps as mandated by Congress.
Previously:
(2019-12-05) FCC Says Wireless Carriers Lie about Coverage 40% of the Time
(2019-11-23) Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is
(2019-02-17) "These Maps are Bogus": U.S. Lawmakers Tear Into Telecom Execs Over Spotty Rural Coverage
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 23 2020, @01:16PM (1 child)
I hate to say anything that might be construed as defending Pai. I despise the man. But, those lies have been ongoing for 25 years and more. How old is the phrase, "Building out the last mile"? That is how old the lies are. When my kids were still in elementary school in the 90's, we were hearing those lies.
It amazes me that today, Ajit Pai, the telecom's lapdog, is finally calling the telecoms on their lies.
No matter the expense of proving the lies, I would surely love to see some real, honest numbers on coverage in the US. If I were to believe the telecoms, everyone on the continent has 25 meg service - except me and my near neighbors!
(Score: 2, Touché) by fustakrakich on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:43PM
Why? It's campaign season. Do you really think he gives a shit? Orders are orders. He is a dog
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..