- 12 -
TTY supersedes the term TDD. 47 C.F.R. sec. 64.601(15)
(2004). Congress further directed the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) to enforce these provisions and to:
(A) Establish functional requirements, guidelines, and
operations procedures for TRS;
(B) establish minimum standards that shall be met;
(C) require that TRS operate every day for 24 hours per day;
(D) require that users of TRS pay rates no greater than the
rates paid for functionally equivalent voice communication
services with respect to such factors as the duration of the
call, the time of day, and the distance from point of origin to
point of termination;
(E) prohibit relay operators from failing to fulfill the
obligations of common carriers by refusing calls or limiting the
length of calls that use TRS;
(F) prohibit relay operators from disclosing the content of
any relayed conversation and from keeping records of the content
of any such conversation beyond the duration of the call; and
(G) prohibit relay operators from intentionally altering a
relayed conversation.
47 U.S.C. sec. 225 (d) and (e).
As mentioned supra, all States utilize TRS and follow the
aforementioned requirements. Since Congress mandated the
adoption of TRS by common carriers, any place with a telephone is
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: May 25, 2011