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existing MVPD to provide service, and

gives its affirmative consent to such

installation. This paragraph shall not

apply where the incumbent provider

has an exclusive contractual right to

occupy the molding.

(b) If an MDU owner finds that there

is insufficient space in existing molding

to permit the installation of the new

wiring without interfering with the

ability of an existing MVPD to provide

service, but gives its affirmative consent

to the installation of larger molding and

additional wiring, the MDU owner (with

or without the assistance of the

incumbent and/or the alternative

provider) shall be permitted to remove

the existing molding, return such

molding to the incumbent, if

appropriate, and install additional

wiring and larger molding in order to

contain the additional wiring. This

paragraph shall not apply where the

incumbent provider possesses a

contractual right to maintain its molding

on the premises without alteration by

the MDU owner.

(c) The alternative provider shall be

required to pay any and all installation

costs associated with the

implementation of paragraphs (a) or (b)

of this section, including the costs of

restoring the MDU owner’s property to

its original condition, and the costs of

repairing any damage to the incumbent

provider’s wiring or other property.

10. Section 76.806 is added to read as

follows:

§ 76.806 Pre-termination access to cable

home wiring.

(a) Prior to termination of service, a

customer may: install or provide for the

installation of their own cable home

wiring; or connect additional home

wiring, splitters or other equipment

within their premises to the wiring

owned by the cable operator, so long as

no electronic or physical harm is caused

to the cable system and the physical

integrity of the cable operator’s wiring

remains intact.

(b) Cable operators may require that

home wiring (including passive

splitters, connectors and other

equipment used in the installation of

home wiring) meets reasonable

technical specifications, not to exceed

the technical specifications of such

equipment installed by the cable

operator; provided however, that if

electronic or physical harm is caused to

the cable system, the cable operator may

impose additional technical

specifications to eliminate such harm.

To the extent a customer’s installations

or rearrangements of wiring degrade the

signal quality of or interfere with other

customers’ signals, or cause electronic

or physical harm to the cable system,

the cable operator may discontinue

service to that subscriber until the

degradation or interference is resolved.

(c) Customers shall not physically cut,

substantially alter, improperly terminate

or otherwise destroy cable operatorowned home wiring.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 76

[MM Docket No. 92–258; FCC 97–156]

Cable Television Consumer Protection

and Competition Act of 1992

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of

effective date.

SUMMARY: The Commission’s

amendments to 47 CFR Sections 76.701

and 76.702, which contained

information collection requirements,

became effective on October 29, 1997.

These amendments, which were

published in the Federal Register on

May 23, 1997, relate to implementation

of the cable television leased access and

public, educational, and governmental

access indecency provisions of the 1992

Cable Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The amendments to 47

CFR Sections 76.701 and 76.702,

published at 62 FR 28371, became

effective on October 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Meryl S. Icove, Cable Services Bureau,

(202) 418–7200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. On May 7, 1997, the Commission

released an order revising its indecency

rules for leased access and public,

educational and governmental access

channels, a summary of which was

published in the Federal Register. See

62 FR 28371, May 23, 1997. Because

they imposed new or modified

information collection requirements, 47

CFR Sections 76.701 and 76.702 could

not become effective until approved by

the Office of Management and Budget

(‘‘OMB’’). OMB approved these rule

changes on October 29, 1997.

2. The Federal Register summary

stated that the Commission would

publish a document confirming the

effective date and notifying parties that

these rules have become effective. The

amendments to 47 CFR Sections 76.701

and 76.702 became effective on October

29, 1997.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 76

Administrative practice and

procedure, Cable television, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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