Advertising broadband and other Internet speeds and providing a standardized broadband label

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under this bill, no person may advertise as providing broadband service or sell a service that the person represents as being broadband service unless the service is capable of consistently providing a minimum download speed of 25 megabits per second (Mbps) and a minimum upload speed of 3 Mbps, or the minimum download and upload speeds to meet the Federal Communications Commission's designation as an advanced telecommunications capability, whichever is greater. Also under the bill, no person may advertise as providing Internet service at a specific speed or sell Internet service that the person represents as being at a specific speed unless the service is capable of consistently providing that speed. If a person sells a service represented as broadband service that does not meet the broadband speed requirements, or sells Internet service represented as being at a specific speed that does not provide that speed, the consumer is entitled to terminate the contract and receive a refund unless the service provider brings the speeds up to the advertised speeds within one month of receiving notice from the consumer.

The bill also requires any person selling broadband service in this state to provide a standardized consumer label that shows important consumer information, on a template provided by the Federal Communications Commission, to each broadband customer before a sale and to make these labels easily available to potential customers.

Who's behind it

Jeff Smith, a Democrat, is its author⁠.

1 more lawmaker signed on in support⁠.