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Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-73not60

§1753 Adoption of Consumer Broadband Labels

Title 47 › Chapter 16— BROADBAND ACCESS › Subchapter IV— BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY › § 1753

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must create rules, within 1 year after November 15, 2021, requiring broadband consumer labels like those in the FCC’s April 4, 2016 Public Notice (DA 16–357) to show key plan details to customers. The labels must note if a price is an introductory rate and state the price after that period. The FCC must use those label prices for data collection under section 60502(c). When the FCC issues the final rule, it must hold public hearings to learn how people compare broadband plans and to check whether required disclosures, including those in 47 CFR 8.1, are available, clear, and sufficient.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §1753

Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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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References in Text

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.

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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 1753

Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60