§  76.953   Limitation on filing a complaint.

   (a) Complaint regarding a rate change. A complaint alleging an
   unreasonable rate for cable programming service or associated equipment
   may be filed against a cable operator only in the event of a rate
   change, including an increase or decrease in rates, or a change in
   rates that results from a change in a system's service tiers. A rate
   change may involve an implicit rate increase (such as deleting channels
   from a tier without a corresponding lowering of the rate for that
   tier). A complaint regarding a rate change for cable programming
   service or associated equipment may be filed against a cable operator
   only in the event of a rate change.

   (b) Late-filed complaints will be dismissed with prejudice.

   [ 58 FR 29753 , May 21, 1993, as amended at  58 FR 46736 , Sept. 2, 1993;
    59 FR 17960 , 17974, Apr. 15, 1994;  60 FR 35868 , July 12, 1995;  61 FR 18979 , Apr. 30, 1996]