47 CFR § 76.1616 - Contracts with local exchange carriers.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s76.1616"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 76.1616 - Contracts with local exchange carriers."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "76.1616"
section_name: "Contracts with local exchange carriers."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "BROADCAST RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "76"
part_name: "MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 335, 338, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 562, 571, 572, 573."
regulatory_source: "37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "76"
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# 76.1616 Contracts with local exchange carriers.

Within 10 days of final execution of a contract permitting a local exchange carrier to use that part of the transmission facilities of a cable system extending from the last multi-user terminal to the premises of the end use, the parties shall submit a copy of such contract, along with an explanation of how such contract is reasonably limited in scope and duration, to the Commission for review. The parties shall serve a copy of this submission on the local franchising authority, along with a notice of the local franchising authority's right to file comments with the Commission consistent with § 76.7.