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Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-110

§1753 Adoption of Consumer Broadband Labels

Title 47 › CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER IV — BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY › § 1753

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must write rules no later than 1 year after November 15, 2021 to require broadband consumer labels like the April 4, 2016 Public Notice (DA 16–357). The labels must give shoppers clear basic facts about broadband service plans. The labels must say if a price is an introductory rate and show the price after that period. The FCC will use those label prices for price and subscription data under section 60502(c). Before the final rule, the FCC must hold public hearings to learn how people judge plans and whether disclosures, including 47 C.F.R. §8.1, are clear and available.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §1753

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

(a)Final rule
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)Introductory rate information
(1)In general
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)Use in broadband data collection
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)Hearings
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.

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47 U.S.C. § 1753

Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110