FCC Consumer Broadband
Services Testing and Measurement
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
11/24/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2021
501,020
501,020
46,667
46,667
0
0
Accurate and clear information is
crucial to a well functioning market. Today, broadband consumers in
the United States have little information about the actual speed
and performance of the broadband services available to them. The
FCC has contracted with a third party measurement company to
measure the speeds and performance of a representative, cost
effective, statistically relevant sample of US fixed broadband
household and Internet Service Providers (ISP) across geographies,
technologies and providers. The third party measurement contractor
deploys testing devices to begin measurement, and these results are
then be used to inform measurement standards for performance of
broadband services in support of the FCC led National Broadband
Plan. In 2013 the program has expanded to include consumer mobile
broadband performance information using a crowd sourcing Android
application that will reach a significantly greater number of
subscribers and provide data on mobile broadband that is
increasingly important to U.S. consumers.
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.