2017 US Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 5 - Wire or Radio Communication
Subchapter II - Common Carriers
Part II - Development of Competitive Markets
Sec. 258 - Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections
| 47 U.S.C. § 258 (2017) |
| §258. Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections |
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(a) Prohibition
No telecommunications carrier shall submit or execute a change in a subscriber's selection of a provider of telephone exchange service or telephone toll service except in accordance with such verification procedures as the Commission shall prescribe. Nothing in this section shall preclude any State commission from enforcing such procedures with respect to intrastate services. (b) Liability for chargesAny telecommunications carrier that violates the verification procedures described in subsection (a) and that collects charges for telephone exchange service or telephone toll service from a subscriber shall be liable to the carrier previously selected by the subscriber in an amount equal to all charges paid by such subscriber after such violation, in accordance with such procedures as the Commission may prescribe. The remedies provided by this subsection are in addition to any other remedies available by law. |
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(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, §258, as added Pub. L. 104–104, title I, §101(a), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 77.) |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
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| Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 5 - WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION SUBCHAPTER II - COMMON CARRIERS Part II - Development of Competitive Markets Sec. 258 - Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections |
| section 258 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| No |
| standard |
| 110 Stat. 77 |
| Public Law 104-104 |
