Fazed with criticisms from all quarters on the current state of broadband service in USA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken two major initiatives to speed up broadband penetration in the country.
The first announcment is a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) into whether broadband services are being ensured to all Americans in a timely and reasonable fashion.
The second is a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on methods of collecting information required to set broadband policy in the future. FCC announced these measures on 16th of this month.
The TOI is compliance to Telecommunications Act of 1996. According to the Act, the Commission should determine whether broadband deployment is progressing as it should.
The aim of NPRM is to decide whether it’s essential to alter the collection of speed tier information to more accurately determine whether broadband deployment is meeting the needs of varied communities in the country.
FCC was sharply criticized last year for its lukewarm steps that made USA to rank a dozen below (16th) in the broadband development and penetration in the world.
The countries like Japan, South Korea and many European nations are ensuring their people high-speed broadband services at reasonable prices in comparison to USA.
