Goal of revised wireless service quality bill (HR-1531) introduce...
Goal of revised wireless service quality bill (HR-1531) introduced by Rep. Weiner (D-N.Y.) is to aid consumers in making educated service choices, not impose additional govt. regulations on industry, congressional staffer said. CTIA spokesman recently acknowledged existence of service…
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problems such as dropped calls, fast busy signals and dead spots (CD March 22 p3), but attributed problems to scarce spectrum and tower siting restrictions. Weiner revised bill to require FCC to collect wireless consumer complaints, rather than mandate that agency create minimum standard, as initial version proposed. “What our bill is about is keeping consumers informed”, Weiner staffer said. She said Weiner would be open to discussions with industry to explore possible remedies to infrastructure problems. Weiner held news conference March 21 to discuss bill, but delayed introducing it until April 4 to address office staffing issues, she said. Legislation, which also would create FCC toll-free complaint hotline, has nine co- sponsors. Wireless industry source said no co-sponsors were on House Commerce Committee or Telecom Subcommittee, where last year members also didn’t provide significant support for similar Weiner bill, leading to its death.