NCTA Seeks Some Changes to E-rate Eligible Service List

NCTA asked the FCC to modify the E-rate eligible service list by moving Wi-Fi functionality from a category two service to a category one service, in reply comments posted Friday in docket 13-184. It has "become more evident that educational instruction is effectively achieved by provisioning Wi-Fi on school campuses," the group said: "Given the undeniable importance of Wi-Fi, it no longer fits the characteristics of a category two service." NCTA also asked the FCC to clarify that "routing and switching equipment that enables category one broadband service is itself category one equipment." The current approach "creates significant uncertainty as to whether and how costs should be allocated," it said.