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House approves ban on fixed broadband limit

6/14/2017

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From the UOL, in São Paulo 06/14/2017 13h25

 

Bill No. 7,182 / 2071, authored by Senator Ricardo Ferraço (PSDB-ES) was approved on Tuesday (13) by the Consumer Protection Commission of the Chamber of Deputies. What does this have to do with technology? This PL prohibits Internet service providers from imposing consumer franchise plans on fixed broadband users.

The issue has worried Internet users since last year and led to a change of speech by Communications Minister Gilberto Kassab in January. The idea came from Vivo in April 2016 and was followed closely by other operators.

But days after Vivo's announcement, Anatel published in the Federal Official Gazette a rule that prevented operators from reducing excess tariffs on franchises without tools to help customers learn about their plans.

The Bill has already been approved in the Senate and has been in the Chamber since March 21 of this year. The text will still have to go through the commissions of Science and Technology and Communications and Constitution of Justice and Citizenship. Then he goes to the Chamber Plenary.

The prohibition proposed in the PL is included in the chapter on the rights and guarantees of users of the Civil Internet Framework (Law No. 12.965 / 2014). The paragraph seeks to "prevent the implementation of limited consumption franchise in fixed broadband internet plans".

Currently, the law lists 13 users' rights, such as inviolability of privacy and confidentiality of communications, and maintenance of the quality of the contracted service. The ban on data-franchise plans in the fixed band would be the 14th Internet user's right.

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