This collection
is cleared based on the revised materials provided by the
agency.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2010
6 Months From Approved
11,000
0
0
11,000
0
0
0
0
0
Accurate and clear information is
crucial to a well-functioning market. Today, broadband consumers in
the U.S. have little information about the actual speed and
performance of the broadband services available to them. Consumers
lack clarity on: 1) actual speed and performance of the services
they are receiving; 2) gap between actual and advertised speeds and
the implications of that difference; and 3) speeds and performance
of alternative providers in their areas. The FCC seeks to contract
with a 3rd party measurement company to measure the speeds and
performance of a representative, cost-effective, statistically
relevant sample of U.S. fixed broadband households across
geographies, technologies and providers. This measurement will
occur on an opt-in, voluntary basis. This representative sample
will be used to create a baseline level of performance and
measurements for the FCC. The 3rd party measurement contractor will
deploy testing devices to begin measurement, and these results will
then be used to inform measurement standards for performance of
broadband services, in support of the FCC-led National Broadband
Plan.
The Commission's Office
of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis and the Consumer and
Intergovernmental Affairs Bureau plans to conduct a hardware-based
test and analysis of 11,000 consumer broadband connections to
examine the performance and services across a number of parameters.
This survey is crucial to comparing what consumers know - and need
to know - about the performance, cost, and terms and conditions of
broadband and related services to what service they actually
receive. In light of the 2010 Census-related moratorium on
government consumer research efforts, the Commission does not have
time to comply with the regular OMB approval process and is
requesting emergency processing.
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 123 Name of Law: American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
PL: Pub.L. 110 - 385 103(c)(1) Name of Law: Broadband Data
Improvement Act of 2008
This is a new collection
resulting in 11,000 total annual burden hours. The Commission is
seeking emergency processing and approval because this collection
of informtion is critical to the National Broadband Plan authorized
by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA) of 2009, and
to completing research done for the Broadband Plan on key consumer
issues including transparency and actual speeds and performance of
broadband service.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
NEW_BB_3rdparymeasurement_Sign Up Page_042810.docx
NEW_BB_3rd party measurement_Online FAQ_042810.doc
NEW_BB_3rdparty_OMBlettersigned_040110.pdf
Residential Fixed Broadband Services Testing and Measurement