Implementation of Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized changes of Consumers' Long ....
ICR 200305-3060-004
OMB: 3060-0787
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Implementation of Subscriber
Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act
of 1996; Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized changes of
Consumers' Long ....
The goal of section 258 is to
eliminate the practice of "slamming", which is the unauthorized
change of a subscriber's preferred carrier. The revisions and
additions adopted in the attached Third Order on Reconsideration
and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking will improve the
carrier change process for consumers and carriers alike, while
making it more difficult for unscrupulous carriers to peretrate
slams.
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