Relates to requiring telephone corporations, cable television companies, and internet service providers to automatically refund its customers when their service is not working; provides such credit shall be given even when the service is not working for less than a twenty-four hour period.
Requires cable television companies to issue credits for service outages to all affected subscribers.
Requires cable television companies to provide cable television service and broadband Internet speed to all committed service areas before cable television companies allow paid prioritization of Internet network traffic.
Requires cable television companies to provide cable television service and broadband Internet speed to all committed service areas before cable television companies allow paid prioritization of Internet network traffic.
Requires gas and electric corporations to provide forty-five days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase.
An Act Requiring Automatic Refunds For Interrupted Cable, Telephone Or Internet Service.
Provides that contractors and subcontractors to cable television companies who are assessed penalties for two separate violations of payroll reporting requirements shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be awarded any public work contract with the state, any municipal corporation or public body for five years; provides that cable television companies shall be subject to the requirement that workers on certain excavation projects be paid not less than a prevailing rate of wage.
Exempts cable television subscriber from notifying cable television company, Office of Cable Television, or other complaint officer of cable television service outage to receive credit or rebate.
Requires utility providers to issue a credit to customers who experience an outage of service for more than 24 hours. (8/1/22)
Requires cable television companies to provide faster Internet access speed to certain customers.