FCC: Hardware Problems With Website

The FCC is having some website issues.

According to a note on the site that says "some FCC.gov applications are currently unavailable," citing a hardware rather than software issue.

According to an FCC source, the applications impacted include "IBFS, CDBS, EDOCS Query, DIRS," in total about a dozen internal-and external-facing apps. 

If past is prologue if there are any issues with deadlines for FCC filings, they would almost certainly be given extra time.

UPDATE: An FCC spokesperson said late Wednesday (April 4): "All applications and databases are up and working no."

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.