HB 104 - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

01-0065

05/01

HOUSE BILL 104

AN ACT relative to dial-up Internet service providers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 20; Rep. Matthew Quandt, Rock 20; Rep. Weyler, Rock 18; Rep. Nowe, Rock 3

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires dial-up Internet service providers to state, upon request, the ratio of the number of customers served to the number of modems available through the dial-up Internet service provider.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0065

05/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to dial-up Internet service providers.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Chapter; Dial-Up Internet Service Providers. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 359-F the following new chapter:

CHAPTER 359-G

DIAL-UP INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

359-G:1 Definitions. In this chapter "dial-up Internet service provider" means an Internet service provider that uses normal, voice-grade telephone lines to provide access to the Internet.

359-G:2 Customer to Modem Ratio Provided Upon Request. Dial-up Internet service providers shall state, upon request, the ratio of the number of customers served to the number of modems available through the dial-up Internet service provider.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.