47-U.S.C.-258

§258 – Illegal Changes In Subscriber Carrier Selections

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Title 47 > Chapter 5 > Subchapter II > Part II > Section 258

Details

• Reference: Section 258
• Legend: §258 – Illegal Changes In Subscriber Carrier Selections
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(a) Prohibition

No telecommunications carrier shall submit or execute a change in a subscribers 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 charges

Any telecommunications carrier that violates the verification procedures described in subsection (a) of this section 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.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, §258, as added Pub. L. 104–104, title I, §101(a), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 77.)

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