Section 706 Report Should Also Look at Affordability: Broadband Council

The FCC should focus on both affordability and availability in its Telecom Act Section 706 reports, the Broadband Council said in comments posted Wednesday in docket 25-223. Commissioners approved a notice of inquiry 3-0 last week, with initial comments due Sept. 8 (see 2508080046). “Availability can only be realized by adoption,” the council said. "Serving a banquet to a family with no teeth has not fed the hungry. If the household does not have the ability, for whatever reason, to adopt the broadband service, the fact that it is available is immaterial.”