USTelecom Seeks FCC Clarity on CAF Performance Testing During COVID-19

USTelecom and member companies want the FCC to clarify broadband performance testing obligations for the USF Connect America Fund program, said a filing posted Monday in docket 10-90. Due to COVID-19, they want "some relief" for the regular testing phase "similar" to that given for the pretesting phase 1 "to minimize the impact on the network and solve for ongoing problems with the testing process." Providers "are still experiencing the same roadblocks they faced in March related to the pandemic," they said. Testing was due to start this summer. Executives from Alaska Communications, AT&T, CenturyLink, Consolidated and Windstream spoke with a Wireline Bureau staffer.