1332.02 Fair competition in cable service operations.

1332.02 Fair competition in cable service operations.

It is the public policy of this state under sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code to:

(A) Ensure fair competition in the provision in this state of cable service over a cable system, consistent with the procompetitive policies of the “Telecommunications Act of 1996,” Pub. L. No. 104-104 , 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C.A. 151, for the purposes of providing the widest possible diversity of entertainment, information, and news sources to the general public; advancing the unfettered exercise of rights under the first amendment to the United States Constitution to free speech and the free flow of information; enhancing the development and widespread use of technological advances in the provision of cable service over a cable system; and encouraging improved customer service at competitive rates;

(B) Ensure that all cable service over a cable system is provided in this state within a comprehensive and nondiscriminatory federal, state, and local scheme.

Effective Date: 10-05-2000