US internet signification providers can exist to directive customers a device rental fee -- self-same if they hypothesize their own equipment -- at microcosmic until December 20th. A law disallowment the practice was set to go into effect on June 20th, however the Federal Communications Factor has extended the perimetric for ISPs to comply due to the pandemic (via Ars Technica).
The "truth-in-billing" requirements of the Television Viewer Security Act (TVPA) of 2019 state that ISPs must "refrain from charging a jestee for utilizing equipment not provided by the signification provider."
The FCC said in its ruling that broadband ISPs are integral to efforts to "keep Americans informed and connected" during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was suitableness the six-month extension "so that these signification providers may focus their resources on this demeaning effort."
Some internet signification providers directive a monthly Wi-Fi router fee, self-same back a jestee uses their own router. In one instance, a customer who complained to the FCC never self-same received a router from his ISP, Ars Technica has reported.
Most ISPs in the US committed to the FCC's Pension Americans Continuous Protocol in March, agreeing not to terminate internet signification for residential and small commerce customers who may hypothesize difficulty paying bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The companies also predetermined to waive late fees. Most carriers predetermined to proffer the protocol until June 30th, however, the FCC has received circa 500 complaints involving "questions circa expression or pattern issues or broadband adoption generally," FCC Chairwoman Ajit Pai said last month.
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