Telephone service; telephone company to provide credit to subscribers affected by any outage. (HB1373)

Introduced By

Del. Jim Scott (D-Merrifield)

Progress

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Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Credit for telephone service outage.  Requires each telephone company to provide a credit to subscribers affected by any service outage that exceeds four continuous hours. For outages of between four and 48 hours, the credit is equal to one-thirtieth of the monthly charge per 24-hour period during which the service outage continues beyond four hours. For outages of longer than 48 hours, the credit is equal to one half of the applicable monthly charge for each 24-hour period during which the service outage continues beyond four hours.   View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed
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Comments

robert legge writes:

While I may have issues with the actual credit numbers, I do think some kind of credit is reasonable. Same should apply to other utilities.