- 12 - (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 currently in compliance with the ADA. Petitioners argue that the program is an alternative to TRS and provides improvements to TRS. However, petitioners’ subscription to the program did not enable them to comply with the ADA--they already were in compliance with the ADA through the use of TRS. Taye-Channell v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2006-8; Svoboda v. Commissioner, T.C.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
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