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76.953—Limitation on filing a complaint.

(a) Complaint regarding a rate change. A complaint alleging an unreasonable rate for cable programming service or associated equipment may be filed against a cable operator only in the event of a rate change, including an increase or decrease in rates, or a change in rates that results from a change in a system's service tiers. A rate change may involve an implicit rate increase (such as deleting channels from a tier without a corresponding lowering of the rate for that tier). A complaint regarding a rate change for cable programming service or associated equipment may be filed against a cable operator only in the event of a rate change.
(b) Late-filed complaints will be dismissed with prejudice.
[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 46736, Sept. 2, 1993; 59 FR 17960, 17974, Apr. 15, 1994; 60 FR 35868, July 12, 1995; 61 FR 18979, Apr. 30, 1996]
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