Comments on: Go America, Inc Blocked Successfully Scammed Relay Calls

By: edsalert

edsalert — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:20:33 +0000

Just Me,

I looked up dictionary and it turned out both of us are right.

bate 1 ( b³t) v. tr. bat·ed bat·ing bates 1. To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate:
abates v. tr. 1. To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen

By: Just Me

Just Me — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:33:00 +0000

Did you have to go to the Town Council to get an abatement for your breath?

PS .. it’s ‘bated,’ not ‘abated.”

By: dog food

dog food — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:29:49 +0000

Hello Ed,

yes, you are right. HOVRS benefited 35 million from this merger. What does GA get out of this? I’m curious to find out as well :).

By: J.J. Puorro

J.J. Puorro — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:45:35 +0000

Maybe we need some sort of a system where people would need to submit audiograms to confirm they are deaf before getting a relay phone number….

By: edsalert

edsalert — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:31:47 +0000

Nick,

Good question you have. Did your video phone number get leased/sold to third party? Supposed not to without your permission. If you shared your video phone via email, it may have gotten around and someone salvaged ur video phone? As to who to report to? My first thought was the FCC, but I don’t think u will hear from them if u do report it.

Anyone who can answer Nick?

By: edsalert

edsalert — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:28:53 +0000

Dog Food,

Let me see I think “merging” bought HOVRS to the tune about 35 million dollars. Merger usually means to me no exchange of funds, just combine companies into one entity. Maybe I’m wrong. Those of you with business savvy, help Dog Food and myself know what kind of business transaction happened between HOVRS and GA? Did the CEO of HOVRS sell the business or merged with GA?

Thanks in advance,

By: edsalert

edsalert — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:24:55 +0000

Daryl,

Clarification on relay service surcharge. Because of a rule in the FCC regulation, telephone carriers are not allowed to “identify” the fee that has been passed on to the ratepayers. So to answer ur question, ratepayers pay for the interstate TRS fund via telephone carriers.

By: Nick Vera

Nick Vera — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:26:15 +0000

Hi Ed,

Good Afternoon! Thank you for sending me in regarding this topic. Since I have my sidekick pager, I was annoyed to receive the e-mail message from IP-Relay Services and VP alert with missed calls and their phone number including no name providing. Then I looked up into http://www.google.com for this particular number. Good enough, these numbers were scammed by someone, who is trying to reach me through the relay services. I never give my videophone numbers anybody except my close friends and family. I wondered why these people are such as this kind behavior to make the calls through relay operators. It’s very frustrating. Whom can I report to?
Otherwise, I enjoyed viewing your vlog lately with the update of telecommunication issues that will enhance our lives better. Have a good weekend.

Nick Vera

By: George Lyon

George Lyon — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:18:04 +0000

The numbering item seems to be stuck at the FCC while it gets studied to death. I would urge everyone to contact Chairman Martin and tell him to order the providers to implement numbering within X period of time, say 90 days. That appears to me to be the only way to get the providers off their rear ends.

By: dog food

dog food — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:12:11 +0000

i dont think goamerica brought hovrs; they merged. two different things.