; and (B) unless the increase is the result of an increase in a tax, fee, or other charge that the provider is required to charge under any provision of Federal law or of the law of a State or political subdivision of a State, or an additional such tax, fee, or other charge, permit the consumer to terminate the contract without paying any early termination fee or other penalty. (2) Exception for additional or upgraded service requested by consumer Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to an increase resulting from the provision, at the request of the consumer, of a service that is in addition to, or an upgrade of, a service covered by the contract. (d) Equipment charges A provider of a covered service may not charge a consumer for— (1) using covered equipment provided by the consumer; or (2) renting, leasing, or otherwise providing to the consumer covered equipment if— (A) the provider has not provided the equipment to the consumer; or (B) the consumer has returned the equipment to the provider, except to the extent that the charge relates to the period beginning on the date when the provider provided the equipment to the consumer and ending on the date when the consumer returned the equipment to the provider. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered equipment The term covered equipment means equipment (such as a router) employed on the premises of a person (other than a provider of a covered service) to provide a covered service. (2) Covered service The term covered service — (A) means— (i) internet access service; (ii) voice service (as defined in section 227(e)(8)); (iii) commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332); (iv) commercial mobile data service (as defined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1401 )); and (v) service provided by a multichannel video programming distributer (as defined in section 602), to the extent such distributor is acting as a multichannel video programming distributor