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4. Adjudication—To disclose records
in a proceeding before a court or
adjudicative body, when: (a) the FCC or
any component thereof; or (b) any
employee of the FCC in his or her
official capacity; or (c) any employee of
the FCC in his or her individual
capacity; or (d) the United States
Government, is a party to litigation or
has an interest in such litigation, and by
careful review, the FCC determines that
the records are both relevant and
necessary to the litigation, and that the
use of such records is for a purpose that
is compatible with the purpose for
which the agency collected the records.
5. Law Enforcement and
Investigation—To disclose pertinent
information to appropriate Federal,
State, local, Tribal, international, or
multinational agencies, or a component
of such an agency, responsible for
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or
implementing a statute, rule, regulation,
or order, where the FCC becomes aware
of an indication of a violation or
potential violation of civil or criminal
law or regulation.
6. Congressional Inquiries—To
provide information to a Congressional
office from the record of an individual
in response to an inquiry from that
Congressional office made at the written
request of that individual.
7. Government-wide Program
Management and Oversight—To DOJ to
obtain that department’s advice
regarding disclosure obligations under
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA);
or to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to obtain that office’s
advice regarding obligations under the
Privacy Act.
8. Breach Notification—To
appropriate agencies, entities, and
persons when: (a) the Commission
suspects or has confirmed that there has
been a breach of PII maintained in the
system of records; (b) the Commission
has determined that as a result of the
suspected or confirmed breach there is
a risk of harm to individuals, the
Commission (including its information
system, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security; and; and (c) the disclosure
made to such agencies, entities, and
persons is reasonably necessary to assist
in connection with the Commission’s
efforts to respond to the suspected or
confirmed breach or to prevent,
minimize, or remedy such harm.
9. Assistance to Federal Agencies and
Entities Related to Breaches—To
another Federal agency or Federal
entity, when the Commission
determines that information from this
system is reasonably necessary to assist
the recipient agency or entity in: (a)
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responding to a suspected or confirmed
breach or (b) preventing, minimizing, or
remedying the risk of harm to
individuals, the recipient agency or
entity (including its information
systems, program, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security, resulting from a suspected or
confirmed breach.
10. Non-Federal Personnel—To
disclose information to non-Federal
personnel, including contractors, other
vendors (e.g., identity verification
services), grantees, and volunteers who
have been engaged to assist the FCC in
the performance of a contract, service,
grant, cooperative agreement, or other
activity related to this system of records
and who need to have access to the
records in order to perform their
activity.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
This an electronic system of records
that resides on the FCC’s network.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST).
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals wishing to request access
to and/or amendment of records about
themselves should follow the
Notification Procedure below.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Individuals wishing to request access
to and/or amendment of records about
themselves should follow the
Notification Procedure below.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Individuals wishing to determine
whether this system of records contains
information about themselves may do so
by writing to privacy@fcc.gov.
Individuals requesting access must also
comply with the FCC’s Privacy Act
regulations regarding verification of
identity to gain access to records as
required under 47 CFR part 0, subpart
E.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
Records in this system of records can
be retrieved by any category field, e.g.,
individual name, entity name,
rulemaking number, and/or docket
number.
HISTORY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
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The information in this system is
maintained and disposed of in
accordance with the National Archives
and Records Administration (NARA)
General Records Schedule 6.6:
Rulemaking Records (DAA–GRS–2017–
0012).
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
The electronic records, files, and data
are stored in a database housed in the
FCC computer network. While
comments and other files and records
are generally publicly available, access
to certain information associated with
filings is restricted to authorized
employees and contractors; and to IT
staff, contractors, and vendors who
maintain the IT networks and services.
Other employees and contractors may
be granted access on a need-to-know
basis. The electronic files and records
are protected by the FCC privacy
safeguards, a comprehensive and
dynamic set of IT safety and security
protocols and features that are designed
to meet all Federal privacy standards,
including those required by the Federal
Information Security Modernization Act
of 2014 (FISMA), the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), and
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Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0715; OMB 3060–1139; FR ID
190754]
Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC
seeks specific comment on how it might
‘‘further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25
employees.’’ The Commission may not
SUMMARY:
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conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) control number. No
person shall be subject to any penalty
for failing to comply with a collection
of information subject to the PRA that
does not display a valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted on or before January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function. Your comment must be
submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the
above instructions for it to be
considered. In addition to submitting in
www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of
your comment on the proposed
information collection to Nicole Ongele,
FCC, via email to PRA@fcc.gov and to
Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as
shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a
copy of this information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) go
to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the
section of the web page called
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
the downward-pointing arrow in the
‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the Title
of this ICR and then click on the ICR
Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited
the general public and other Federal
Agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information
collection. Comments are requested
concerning: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Commission, including
whether the information shall have
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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission’s burden estimates; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public
Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4),
the FCC seeks specific comment on how
it might ‘‘further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25
employees.’’
OMB Control Number: 3060–0715.
Title: Telecommunications Carriers’
Use of Customer Proprietary Network
Information and Other Customer
Information.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, and State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,800 respondents;
94,434,733 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .002–
50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
annual, and one-time reporting
requirements; recordkeeping; and third
party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for these collections
are contained in Section 222 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 222.
Total Annual Burden: 232,691 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $4,000,000.
Needs and Uses: Section 222 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 222, establishes the
duty of telecommunications carriers to
protect the confidentiality of its
customers’ proprietary information.
This Customer Proprietary Network
Information (CPNI) includes personally
identifiable information derived from a
customer’s relationship with a provider
of telecommunications services. This
information collection implements the
statutory obligations of Section 222.
These regulations impose safeguards to
protect customers’ CPNI against
unauthorized access and disclosure. In
March 2007, the Commission adopted
new rules that focused on the efforts of
providers of telecommunications
services to prevent pretexting. These
rules require providers of
telecommunications services to adopt
additional privacy safeguards that, the
Commission believes, will limit
pretexters’ ability to obtain
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unauthorized access to the type of
personal customer information from
carriers that the Commission regulates.
In addition, in furtherance of the
Telephone Records and Privacy
Protection Act of 2006, the
Commission’s rules help ensure that law
enforcement will have necessary tools to
investigate and enforce prohibitions on
illegal access to customer records.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1139.
Title: FCC Consumer Broadband
Services Testing and Measurement.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit and individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 501,020 respondents and
501,020 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1
hour—200 hours.
Frequency of Response: Biennial
reporting requirement and third-party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in the Broadband
Data Improvement Act of 2008, Public
Law 110–385, Stat 4096, 103(c)(1).
Total Annual Burden: 46,667 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring collection after
this 60-day comment period to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to obtain the full three-year
clearance.
This study’s collection of information
on actual speeds and performance of
fixed and mobile broadband
connections delivered to consumers by
ISPs has been reported to be of great
value to academic researchers,
manufacturers and technology
providers, broadband providers, public
interest groups and other diverse
stakeholders. Validation of fixed
broadband subscribed speeds as
opposed to actual speeds by
participating ISPs remains unique to
this program and provides a context for
measured speeds. Mobile broadband
performance information is measured
using the FCC Speed Test app for
Android and iOS devices to test the
upload and download speeds, latency
and packet loss, as well as the wireless
performance characteristics of the
broadband connection and the kind of
handsets and versions of operating
systems tested. Information the FCC
Speed Test App (‘‘Application’’) collects
is limited to information used to
measure volunteers’ mobile broadband
service and no personally identifiable
information, such as subscribers’ name,
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phone number or unique identifiers
associated with a device is collected.
Software-based tools and online tools
exist that can test consumer’s broadband
connections, including a set of
consumer tools launched by the FCC in
conjunction with the National
Broadband Plan. However, these tools
track speeds experienced by consumers,
rather than speeds delivered directly to
a consumer by an ISP. The distinction
is important for supporting Agency
broadband policy analysis, as ISPs
advertise speeds and performance
delivered rather than speeds
experienced, which suffers from
degradation outside of an ISP’s control.
No other dedicated panel of direct fixed
and mobile broadband performance
measurement using publicly
documented methodologies using free
and add-free technologies exists today
in the country. The program will
continue to support existing softwarebased tools and online tools but the
focus of the program will remain the
direct measurement of broadband
performance delivered to the consumer.
The collection effort also has specific
elements focused on further network
performance statistics, time of day
parameters, and other elements affecting
consumers’ broadband experience that
are not tracked elsewhere. The
information to be confirmed by ISP
Partners about their subscribers or
technical and market data regarding the
broadband services they provide is
unavailable from other sources.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–27818 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am]
Pennsylvania with a principal place of
business in Berwyn, Pennsylvania and
is in the business of providing services
as an ocean transportation intermediary
and operates as a non-vessel operating
common carrier.
Complainant identifies Respondent as
a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of New York with a
principal place of business in
Parsippany, New Jersey and as a
common carrier of goods by water for
hire.
Complainant alleges that Respondent
violated 46 U.S.C. 41102 and 46 CFR
515.42 regarding a failure to establish,
observe, and enforce just and reasonable
practices relating to receiving, handling,
storing, and delivering property and a
failure to pay compensation when the
common carrier’s tariff provides for
such payment. Complainant alleges
these violations arose from a refusal to
compensate for freight forwarding
services on shipments of automobiles in
accordance with the terms of the
applicable tariff following demand for
such compensation.
An answer to the complaint must be
filed with the Commission within 25
days after the date of service.
The full text of the complaint can be
found in the Commission’s electronic
Reading Room at https://www2.fmc.gov/
readingroom/proceeding/23-14/. This
proceeding has been assigned to the
Office of Administrative Law Judges.
The initial decision of the presiding
judge shall be issued by December 13,
2024, and the final decision of the
Commission shall be issued by June 27,
2025.
Alanna Beck,
Federal Register Alternate Liaison Officer,
Federal Maritime Commission.
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D.F. Young, Incorporated, Complainant
v. Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics,
Respondent; Notice of Filing of
Complaint and Assignment
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Served: December 13, 2023.
The companies listed in this notice
have applied to the Board for approval,
pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)
(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part
225), and all other applicable statutes
and regulations to become a bank
holding company and/or to acquire the
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
the power to vote shares of a bank or
bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies
owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
Notice is given that a complaint has
been filed with the Federal Maritime
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) by
D.F. Young, Incorporated (the
‘‘Complainant’’) against Wallenius
Wilhelmsen Logistics (the
‘‘Respondent’’). Complainant states that
the Commission has jurisdiction over
the complaint pursuant to 46 U.S.C.
41301, 40904, 41102, and 41104 and 46
CFR 515.42.
Complainant is a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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The public portions of the
applications listed below, as well as
other related filings required by the
Board, if any, are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
This information may also be obtained
on an expedited basis, upon request, by
contacting the appropriate Federal
Reserve Bank and from the Board’s
Freedom of Information Office at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
request.htm. Interested persons may
express their views in writing on the
standards enumerated in the BHC Act
(12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later
than January 17, 2024.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414.
Comments can also be sent
electronically to
Comments.applications@chi.frb.org:
1. Treynor Bancshares, Inc., Treynor,
Iowa; to acquire all of the additional
voting shares of TS Contrarian
Bancshares, Inc., and subsequently
merge with TS Contrarian Bancshares
Inc., thereby indirectly acquiring voting
shares of Bank of Tioga, Tioga, North
Dakota, and First National Bank and
Trust Company, Clinton, Illinois.
This notice is related to the
document, Change in Bank Control
Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a
Bank or Bank Holding Company, The
Joshua Guttau Generational Irrevocable
Trust, et als., published elsewhere in
today’s issue of the Federal Register.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2023–27777 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0715; OMB 3060-1139; FR ID 190754]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may
not
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conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a
valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before January 18,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC,
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted
to OMB: (1) go to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection. Comments are requested concerning:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including
whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0715.
Title: Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary
Network Information and Other Customer Information.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, and State,
Local, or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,800 respondents; 94,434,733
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .002-50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, and one-time reporting
requirements; recordkeeping; and third party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for these
collections are contained in Section 222 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 222.
Total Annual Burden: 232,691 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $4,000,000.
Needs and Uses: Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 222, establishes the duty of telecommunications
carriers to protect the confidentiality of its customers' proprietary
information. This Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI)
includes personally identifiable information derived from a customer's
relationship with a provider of telecommunications services. This
information collection implements the statutory obligations of Section
222. These regulations impose safeguards to protect customers' CPNI
against unauthorized access and disclosure. In March 2007, the
Commission adopted new rules that focused on the efforts of providers
of telecommunications services to prevent pretexting. These rules
require providers of telecommunications services to adopt additional
privacy safeguards that, the Commission believes, will limit
pretexters' ability to obtain unauthorized access to the type of
personal customer information from carriers that the Commission
regulates. In addition, in furtherance of the Telephone Records and
Privacy Protection Act of 2006, the Commission's rules help ensure that
law enforcement will have necessary tools to investigate and enforce
prohibitions on illegal access to customer records.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1139.
Title: FCC Consumer Broadband Services Testing and Measurement.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit and individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 501,020 respondents and
501,020 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour--200 hours.
Frequency of Response: Biennial reporting requirement and third-
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in the Broadband Data Improvement
Act of 2008, Public Law 110-385, Stat 4096, 103(c)(1).
Total Annual Burden: 46,667 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring collection
after this 60-day comment period to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to obtain the full three-year clearance.
This study's collection of information on actual speeds and
performance of fixed and mobile broadband connections delivered to
consumers by ISPs has been reported to be of great value to academic
researchers, manufacturers and technology providers, broadband
providers, public interest groups and other diverse stakeholders.
Validation of fixed broadband subscribed speeds as opposed to actual
speeds by participating ISPs remains unique to this program and
provides a context for measured speeds. Mobile broadband performance
information is measured using the FCC Speed Test app for Android and
iOS devices to test the upload and download speeds, latency and packet
loss, as well as the wireless performance characteristics of the
broadband connection and the kind of handsets and versions of operating
systems tested. Information the FCC Speed Test App (``Application'')
collects is limited to information used to measure volunteers' mobile
broadband service and no personally identifiable information, such as
subscribers' name,
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phone number or unique identifiers associated with a device is
collected. Software-based tools and online tools exist that can test
consumer's broadband connections, including a set of consumer tools
launched by the FCC in conjunction with the National Broadband Plan.
However, these tools track speeds experienced by consumers, rather than
speeds delivered directly to a consumer by an ISP. The distinction is
important for supporting Agency broadband policy analysis, as ISPs
advertise speeds and performance delivered rather than speeds
experienced, which suffers from degradation outside of an ISP's
control. No other dedicated panel of direct fixed and mobile broadband
performance measurement using publicly documented methodologies using
free and add-free technologies exists today in the country. The program
will continue to support existing software-based tools and online tools
but the focus of the program will remain the direct measurement of
broadband performance delivered to the consumer. The collection effort
also has specific elements focused on further network performance
statistics, time of day parameters, and other elements affecting
consumers' broadband experience that are not tracked elsewhere. The
information to be confirmed by ISP Partners about their subscribers or
technical and market data regarding the broadband services they provide
is unavailable from other sources.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-27818 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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