The Ohio Public Utilities Commission updated the Legislature on the...
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission updated the Legislature on the effects of a telecom law, Senate Bill 162, which passed and went into effect in 2010. The law helped level the playing field between regulated and nonregulated companies, PUC Telecom…
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Chief Marianne Townsend told legislators in written testimony Tuesday (http://1.usa.gov/V6lr27), adding it’s time to start evaluating the law. “We do know that SB 162 allows for some parity between these new, nontraditional Lifeline offerings and traditional wireline Lifeline service for those Lifeline subscribers who wish to maintain wireline service to their home,” she said. “Without SB 162, these customers would have to subscribe to a wireless service offering to receive the features they now enjoy with their wireline Lifeline service.” There’s “mixed results” in terms of consumer protections, she said. The law’s “hands off” approach to broadband has actually “enhanced an environment in which broadband deployment and adoption has flourished,” Townsend said. She spoke before the Select Committee on Telecommunications Regulatory Reform.