The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has passed a rule that would prohibit cable operators from charging early termination fees and require them to provide prorated credits or rebates to users after canceling their services.
The prorated credits or rebates would cover the remaining days in a billing cycle after the subscriber chooses to cancel their service. Cable operators typically require subscribers to pay for the rest of a month or billing cycle if they chose to cancel service, a move that penalizes subscribers for terminating services they choose not to receive, the FCC said.
