Broadband services not subject to state regulation -- Application of requirements of federal statutes and regulations -- Consumer complaints -- Telephone utility provision of service to competing local exchange
KRS 278.5462
in effect278.5462. Broadband services not subject to state regulation -- Application of requirements of federal statutes and regulations -- Consumer complaints -- Telephone utility provision of service to competing local exchange
(1) The provision of broadband services shall be market-based and not subject to state administrative regulation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, no agency of the state shall impose or implement any requirement upon a broadband service provider with respect to the following:
(a) The availability of facilities or equipment used to provide broadband services; or
(b) The rates, terms or conditions for, or entry into, the provision of broadband service.
(2) Any requirement imposed upon broadband service in existence as of July 15, 2004, is hereby voided upon enactment of KRS 278.546 to 278.5462. The provisions of this section do not limit or modify the duties of a local exchange carrier or an affiliate of a local exchange carrier to provide unbundled access to network elements or the commission's authority to arbitrate and enforce interconnection agreements, including provisions related to remote terminals and central office facilities, to the extent required under 47 U.S.C. secs. 251 and 252, and any regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission at rates determined in accordance with the standards established by the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to 47 C.F.R. secs. 51.503 to 51.513, inclusive of any successor regulations. Nothing contained in KRS 278.546 to 278.5462 shall be construed to preclude the application of access or other lawful rates and charges to broadband providers. Nothing contained in KRS 278.546 to 278.5462 shall preclude, with respect to broadband services, access for those service providers that use or make use of the publicly switched network.
(3) The commission may assist in the resolution of consumer service complaints.
(4) No telephone utility shall refuse to provide wholesale digital subscriber line service to competing local exchange carriers on the same terms and conditions, filed in tariff with the Federal Communications Commission, that it provides to Internet service providers.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 3, effective June 24, 2015. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 3, effective July 13, 2004.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44033Fetched: 10/20/2026