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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 477D.1 SHORT TITLE.
1 2 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
1 3 "Internet Access Enhancement Act of 1999".
1 4 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 477D.2 DEFINITIONS.
1 5 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
1 6 requires:
1 7 1. "Affiliate" means a person who, directly or indirectly,
1 8 owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under
1 9 common ownership or control with, another person. For
1 10 purposes of this subsection, "owns" means to own an equity or
1 11 other financial interest, or an equivalent interest, of more
1 12 than ten percent, or any management interest.
1 13 2. "Broadband" means a capability in excess of one hundred
1 14 forty-four kilobits per second.
1 15 3. "Broadband internet access transport services" means
1 16 the broadband transmission of data between a user and the
1 17 user's internet service provider's point of interconnection
1 18 with the wireline broadband internet access transport
1 19 provider's facilities.
1 20 4. "Internet" means the federated network of networks,
1 21 including the national research and education network or a
1 22 successor to that network, whose standards are regulated by
1 23 the internet architecture board.
1 24 5. "Internet service provider" means a person who provides
1 25 a service that enables a user to access the internet including
1 26 any content, information, electronic mail, or other service
1 27 offered over the internet.
1 28 6. "Wireline broadband internet access transport provider"
1 29 means a person who provides broadband internet access
1 30 transport services for a fee, by means of wire, cable, or
1 31 other like connections, over facilities owned or leased by the
1 32 provider or otherwise under the provider's control, directly
1 33 or indirectly to the public.
1 34 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 477D.3 DUTY OF WIRELINE BROADBAND
1 35 INTERNET ACCESS TRANSPORT PROVIDER TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO
2 1 INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS.
2 2 A wireline broadband internet access transport provider who
2 3 is, or is an affiliate of, an internet service provider shall
2 4 provide any other requesting internet service provider access
2 5 to its broadband internet access transport services, unbundled
2 6 from the provision of content, upon such rates, terms, and
2 7 conditions that are at least as favorable as those rates,
2 8 terms, and conditions which the wireline broadband internet
2 9 access transport provider uses to provide such access to
2 10 itself, to its affiliates, or to any other person. Such
2 11 access shall be provided at any technically feasible point
2 12 selected by the requesting internet service provider.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill creates new Code chapter 477D relating to
2 15 internet access. The bill provides that a wireline broadband
2 16 internet access transport provider who is, or is an affiliate
2 17 of, an internet service provider shall provide any other
2 18 requesting internet service provider access to its broadband
2 19 internet access transport services, unbundled from the
2 20 provision of content, upon rates, terms, and conditions that
2 21 are at least as favorable as those which the wireline
2 22 broadband internet access transport provider uses to provide
2 23 such access to itself, to its affiliates, or to any other
2 24 person.
2 25 LSB 3400SC 78
2 26 mj/cf/24
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