Why are my services provided by inter-state telephone, cable companies and wireless phone service providers not regulated by the Public Service Commission?
Services provided by inter-state telephone, Internet, cable or satellite companies are not regulated by states as the result of legislation enacted at the Federal level. In 1984, the Congress placed the regulation of the cable television under the Federal Communications Commission with the Cable Act of 1984, which was incorporated into the Communication Act of 1934. In 1992, the Congress modified the 1984 legislation to deregulate the upper tier (i.e. non-basic) services of cable companies. Additional changes further removing cable and other services such as Internet and satellite from the state jurisdictions were accomplished by the Telecommunication Act of 1996.
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