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posted by martyb on Sunday August 23 2020, @12:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the pay-the-US-Postal-Service-to-do-the-testing dept.

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


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:38PM (7 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:38PM (#1040834) Journal

    It's the telcos against everyone.

    Yes, and the relevance comes from the people that vote for a corrupt congress that rubber stamps anything the telcos want. I don't know if that is a rural or an urban issue, but the votes do make a difference, or they could, if people tried.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:56PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:56PM (#1040843)

    I don't know if that is a rural or an urban issue,

    If it were a rural vs urban issue, then obviously, there are more ubanites than there are ruralites - which makes it their fault.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:59PM (1 child)

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:59PM (#1040847) Journal

      Like, whatever...

      The point is that if people want better service they know what needs to be done.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2020, @05:05PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2020, @05:05PM (#1040850)

        Fustakrakich for dogcatcher 2020!!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2020, @10:23PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2020, @10:23PM (#1040936)

      That would be the case if the system we had were fair. The system wee have disproportionately favors small states and rural interests ahead of the interests of the majority. It's why urban decay is a real problem despite cities containing the engines of the economy and more people.

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 24 2020, @02:01AM (2 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 24 2020, @02:01AM (#1040996) Journal

        interests of the majority.

        Perhaps, one day, something will happen to make you grateful that you DO NOT live in a pure democracy.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2020, @03:17AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2020, @03:17AM (#1041014)

          Not really, just look at all the things where the majority wants better, but we can't have it because hicks in red districts won't let us have it. And now they've got the Republicans elected in blue districts to follow suit.

          We can't have medicare for all or single payer healthcare. We spend ungodly sums of money on defense to the point where we're literally fighting the same groups that we've armed and trained. We can't get taxes on the rich and powerful. We can't get meaningful gun regulations. We can't get copyright or patent reform. We can't get banking reform. We can't have free and fair elections because one party rigs its own primaries and the other gerrymanders itself into as much of a permanent majority as possible.

          In short, there may come a time when I'd be glad that we aren't, but let's be honest about the fact that it only goes one way. The dipshits in those districts hold us back when the majority wants good things and pushes us faster when it wants bad things. They pushed for all manner of idiotic wars, but not when it comes to doing things like providing medical care for everybody which would benefit them more than those in cities.

          • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 24 2020, @03:34AM

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 24 2020, @03:34AM (#1041021) Journal

            We can't have medicare for all or single payer healthcare.

            Uhhhhmmmmm, didn't the Dems have a shot at that? And, what did they give us instead? That abominable "affordable health care" nonsense. And, what happened to your insurance premiums? I'll tell you flat out that my insurance has almost doubled since Bush was in office, and the service provided has largely gone to hell. I pay for the "cadillac" policy, but out of pocket expenses are much higher than before the ACA. The deductible for the cadillac plan is higher than the standard plan I used to carry.

            If you put your faith in liberals to give you medicare for all, you're going to be sorely disappointed.