§ 65-5-201 Short title
§ 65-5-202 Part definitions – Treatment of telecommunications services to avoid federal law prohibited – Jurisdiction of regulatory commission maintained – Regulation of cable television not affected
§ 65-5-203 Federal preemption

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 65 > Chapter 5 > Part 2 - Broadband Business Certainty Act of 2006

  • broadband services: means any service that consists of or includes a high-speed access capability to transmit at a rate that is not less than two hundred kilobits per second (200 Kbps), either in the upstream or downstream direction and either:
    (A) Is used to provide access to the internet. See Tennessee Code 65-5-202
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105