Iowa § 477A.10 Provider discrimination prohibited

Iowa Statutes

§ 477A.10 — Provider discrimination prohibited

Iowa § 477A.10

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 477ACABLE OR VIDEO SERVICE FRANCHISES

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Iowa Code § 477A.10 (2026).

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1. The purpose of this section is to prevent discrimination among potential residential subscribers. 2. Acompetitivecableorvideoserviceproviderholdingacertificateoffranchiseauthority shall not deny access to any group of potential residential subscribers because of the income of residents in the local area in which such group resides. 3. a. A video service provider operating under a certificate of franchise authority that is using telecommunication facilities to provide video services and has more than five hundred thousand telecommunication access lines in this state shall extend its system to a potential subscriber, at no cost to the potential subscriber, if all of the following criteria are met:

(1)The potential subscriber is located within its authorized service area.

(2)At least two

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1. The purpose of this section is to prevent discrimination among potential residential
subscribers.
2. Acompetitivecableorvideoserviceproviderholdingacertificateoffranchiseauthority
shall not deny access to any group of potential residential subscribers because of the income
of residents in the local area in which such group resides.
3. a. A video service provider operating under a certificate of franchise authority that is
using telecommunication facilities to provide video services and has more than five hundred
thousand telecommunication access lines in this state shall extend its system to a potential
subscriber, at no cost to the potential subscriber, if all of the following criteria are met:
(1) The potential subscriber is located within its authorized service area.
(2) At least two hundred fifty dwelling units are located within two thousand five hundred
feet of a remote terminal.
(3) These dwelling units do not have cable or video service available from another cable
or video service provider.
b. This subsection shall be applicable only after the first date on which the video service
provideroperatingunderacertificateoffranchiseauthorityisprovidingcableorvideoservice
to more than fifty percent of all cable and video subscribers receiving cable or video service
from the holders of certificates of franchise authority and any other providers of cable or
video services operating under franchise agreements with a municipality.