Ed’s Telecom Alert

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This is a link to Public Notice (PN) by the FCC alerting states that 5 year state certification for provision of TRS will expire on July 26, 2008.   The PN provides timeline to allow states to prepare and submit comprehensive report to the FCC for recertification.   The report is due on October 2007.

FCC PN on State Cert

The PN also includes §64.604 Mandatory Minimum Standards and §64.605 State Certification. 

If you have wondered what the federal regulations require of relay providers, this is a good one to check out.  It lists all the requirements that ALL relay providers including VRS, Captioning Telephone VCO (CapTel), STS, Internet Relay, and, of course, traditional TTY relay service MUST comply with.   Some of the rules are waived due to technical issues.  One example of that is the typing speed of 60 wpm.  Obviously, Video Interpreters cannot do that so they are waived from that.  Answer speed is another one where the FCC changed the requirement.  And so on.

The  §64.605 section outlines what states need to do to ensure that they continue to be certified.  

eyes open & thumbs up,

Ed