[sbe-eas] FCC Proposes Multilingual Alerting

[Aaron Read]

Did anyone else see this cost estimation and think that, A: it's total
gobbleygook, and B: it's wildly underestimating the difficulty (and
therefore higher cost) of implementing and testing operations involving
non-native languages?

- Aaron


37. Assuming that template alert processing can be implemented via a
regular software update patch that EAS Participants install in the normal
course of business, we would expect the costs of software installation,
labor, and testing to install the patch likely would be similar to the
industry-wide estimate for mandatory software updates in the Comprehensible
Alerts Order. The Commission estimates that software labor industry-wide
would not exceed 5 hours of labor multiplied by 25,519 estimated
broadcasters and cable head-ends, plus 1 SDARS provider and 2 DBS
providers, for a total of 127,610 hours of software-related labor, a figure
which is likely an over-estimate. Using an average hourly wage of $60.07
for software and web developers, programmers, and testers, and factoring in
a 45% markup of hourly wage for benefits, and a 5.5% inflation adjustment
between 2022 and 2023,we estimate an hourly wage of $91.89.89 Using these
estimates of 5 hours labor time at a cost of $91.89 per hour would result
in a total labor cost to each EAS Participant for installing a software
patch that configures the template mechanism in the EAS device of
approximately $460, and an aggregate labor cost of approximately $12
million. We seek comment on whether this estimate is too high or too low,
and we ask commenters to provide data supporting either our cost estimate
or a different estimate.

On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 9:59 AM Walke, Larry via sbe-eas <sbe-eas at sbe.org>
wrote:

> The FCC has published a draft NPRM that proposes to increase the use of
> multilingual EAS alerts using language templates. Any initial thoughts on
> the technical feasibility, cost, etc of the FCC’s proposal would be
> appreciated.  https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-400038A1.pdf
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