Implementation of the Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumer Long Distance..
ICR 200103-3060-001
OMB: 3060-0787
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Implementation of the
Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996; Policies and Rules Concerning
Unauthorized Changes of Consumer Long Distance..
The goal of section 258 is to
eliminate the practice of "slamming," which is the unauthorized
change of a subscriber's preferred carrier. The modifications and
additions adopted in the attached Third Report and Order, as
modified in the attached subsequent Order, will improve the carrier
change process for consumers and carriers alike, while making it
more difficult for unscrupulous carriers to perpetrate slams. The
Commission, among other things, amends the current carrier change
authorization and verification rules to expressly permit the use of
Internet Letters of Agency in a manner consistent.....
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