ACAM Broadband Coalition Urges Action in Meeting With Carr Aide

Alternative Connect America Cost Model (ACAM) Broadband Coalition members were back at the FCC last week, after meetings earlier in February (see 2302100048), seeking “immediate adoption of the enhancement plan,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 10-90. They met with an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr. “Customers continue to wait for higher speed broadband and the longer the Commission takes to adopt and implement the enhanced ACAM program the longer it will be before customers can receive broadband at higher speeds,” the coalition said. WTA members also met with aides to Carr and Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “WTA strongly supports the ACAM Broadband Coalition’s proposal for an improved and extended Enhanced ACAM mechanism,” the group said: “WTA understands that there are ongoing discussions regarding some aspects of the Enhanced ACAM proposal, and it urges the Commission to resolve the outstanding questions and issue an order as expeditiously as possible so that its ACAM members can move forward rapidly to make their voluntary participation decisions, obtain the requisite equipment and construction services, and deploy the urgently needed 100/20 Mbps and higher broadband services.”