§ 6.5-189. Nonprohibitive access policy and voluntary subscription.  


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  • As a matter of consumer protection the city establishes the following regulations related to access to or the refusal of any service.

    (1)

    Except for normal sales and sales retention efforts, no service provider or system owner or operator shall engage in any activity or practice which is designed to prohibit or inhibit, or has the effect of inhibiting or prohibiting, a subscriber or user from switching from one (1) service provider or system owner or operator to another service provider or system owner or operator, or disconnecting from one (1) service provider or system owner or operator in order to connect to and receive service from another service provider or system owner or operator or simultaneously receiving service from more than one (1) service provider or system owner or operator.

    (2)

    No service provider or system owner or operator shall engage in any activity or practice which has the effect of acting as a penalty or negative disincentive for a subscriber or user switching from one (1) service provider or system owner or operator to another service provider or system owner or operator, or disconnecting from one (1) service provider or system owner or operator in order to connect and receive service from another service provider or system owner or operator; or simultaneously receiving service from more than one (1) service provider or system owner or operator.

    (3)

    No person or member of the public shall be penalized or fined by a service provider or system owner or operator, whether through a home sales contract, a deed containing restrictive covenants, or any other type or instrument of agreement or restriction, for declining, failing or refusing to subscribe to or receive service of any kind, or for failing or refusing to physically connect to a service provider's or system owners' or operator's system; nor shall any person incur penalties, fines or costs of any kind for failing or refusing to connect to a service provider's facilities or a system owner's or operator's system, or for failing or refusing to subscribe to or receive service.

(Ord. No. A-177, § 39, 3-13-2000)