§1753 — Title 47 Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs | U.S. Code

Summary

The FCC must write rules by November 15, 2022 that require companies to show a broadband consumer label like the one in the FCC’s April 4, 2016 Public Notice (DA 16–357). The label must give consumers clear facts about broadband internet plans. The label must say if a price is an introductory rate and what the price will be after that period. The FCC will use the label price for its price and subscription data under section 60502(c). Before issuing the final rule, the FCC must hold public hearings to learn how people choose plans and whether required disclosures, including 47 C.F.R. §8.1, are available and useful.

Title 47, §1753

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(a)Not later than 1 year after November 15, 2021, the Commission shall promulgate regulations to require the display of broadband consumer labels, as described in the Public Notice of the Commission issued on April 4, 2016 (DA 16–357), to disclose to consumers information regarding broadband internet access service plans.

(b)(1)The broadband consumer label required under subsection (a) shall also include information regarding whether the offered price is an introductory rate and, if so, the price the consumer will be required to pay following the introductory period.

(2)The Commission shall rely on the price information displayed on the broadband consumer label required under subsection (a) for any collection of data relating to the price and subscription rates of each covered broadband internet access service under section 60502(c).

(c)In issuing the final rule under subsection (a), the Commission shall conduct a series of public hearings to assess, at the time of the proceeding—

(1)how consumers evaluate broadband internet access service plans; and

(2)whether disclosures to consumers of information regarding broadband internet access service plans, including the disclosures required under section 8.1 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, are available, effective, and sufficient.

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section 60502(c), referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is section 60502(c) of Pub. L. 117–58, which is set out as a note under section 1752 of this title.

§1753 Adoption of consumer broadband labels

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Title 47, §1753

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