§ 17-139.110. High speed Internet access or broadband service – Regulation by Corporation Commission prohibited – Requirements of local exchange telecommunications service providers – Taxation.

A.  The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall not, by entering any order, adopting any rule, or otherwise taking any agency action, impose any regulation upon a provider of high speed Internet access service or broadband service in its provision of such service, regardless of technology or medium used to provide such service.

B.  An incumbent local exchange telecommunications service provider (ILEC) subject to the provisions of 47 U.S.C., Section 251(c) shall be required to provide unbundled access to network elements, including but not limited to loops, subloops, and collocation space within the facilities of the ILEC, to the extent specifically required under 47 C.F.R., Section 51.319 or any successor regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission.

C.  Nothing in this section shall effect the assessment of any company under Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution or Section 2801 et seq. of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2002, c. 80, § 3, eff. July 1, 2002.