Give ISPs At least 6 Months to Implement Consumer Broadband Labels: NCTA

Allow ISPs to have "at least a six-month initial implementation period" after OMB approval of the FCC's final rules for consumer broadband labels, NCTA asked in separate meetings with aides to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Brendan Carr, per an ex parte filing posted Friday in docket 22-2 (see 2203250053). NCTA also asked the FCC to treat its 2016 consumer broadband labels "as the model" for the new labels required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The group was on the commission's consumer advisory committee that established the original labels. "Additional mandated disclosures are unwarranted," NCTA said, and would make the labels "less effective in assisting consumers in choosing the broadband service that meets their needs."