MAYOR WALSH JOINS OVER 30 CITIES CALLING ON FCC TO IMPROVE
BROADBAND NETWORK PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Next Century Cities and City
Leaders Release Letter in Support of GAO Report
BOSTON- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Mayor Martin J.
Walsh today joined mayors and elected officials from 34 communities to
call for uniform and accessible reporting on broadband network
performance. The letter, coordinated by Next Century Cities, was prompted
by the findings of a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report,
“BROADBAND PERFORMANCE: Additional Actions Could Help FCC Evaluate its Efforts
to Inform Consumers.”
“Our residents
deserve access to fast, affordable, and reliable Internet services,” said Mayor
Walsh. “Consumers need access to clear, impartial information about the
broadband services they buy, and the City needs tools to measure the quality of
broadband services in Boston. The Government Accountability Office report
highlighted the importance of standardized measurement for broadband network
performance, and all should have to abide by its guidelines.”
Boston is a member
of Next Century Cities, a city-to-city initiative founded to support
communities and their elected leaders as they seek to ensure that all have
access to fast, affordable, and reliable Internet.
“The GAO report
offers an opportunity to assess how we measure network performance,” said Deb
Socia, Executive Director of Next Century Cities. “If we are truly committed to
ensuring access to fast, affordable, and reliable broadband Internet, we need
to think seriously about how we measure speed, cost, and reliability, and how
we communicate this information to consumers.”
In support of this
effort to provide clarity and transparency in the provision of broadband
services, Boston joined other member communities, including Syracuse, N.Y., New
Haven, Conn., Roanoke, Va., and Hagerstown, Md., in writing the FCC, saying:
“Efforts to develop
this core infrastructure are impeded when our citizens are unable to accurately
gauge the quality and speed of their Internet…As broadband Internet becomes
increasingly critical to the well-being of towns and cities across the country,
being able to reliably measure and compare network performance will help to
ensure that we, as elected leaders, are delivering the essential infrastructure
our communities need."
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