Rhode Island Lawmakers Propose Broadband Transparency and Consumer Protection Rules
A Rhode Island bill would adopt several transparency and consumer protection rules for broadband providers. A coalition of 10 Democratic state senators introduced S-0377 on Wednesday. If adopted, it would require ISPs to file information to the Rhode Island Commerce…
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Corp., provide broadband mapping data annually and introduce recordkeeping requirements for service outages. The bill would also authorize the corporation to collect fees from ISPs to fund the data collection. "The amount of the fee shall be determined by the corporation based on the total cost of administering this program," the bill said.