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		<title>Convo Partially Petitions the FCC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All..
Disclaimer:&#160; I own edsalert and am a co-founder of Convo.&#160; So take this post for what it is. 
That said, I feel strange posting that so I will just quote with no comments from me and then let you readers read the pdf file in its entirely.&#160; You all already have read my &#34;impending and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/03/08/convo-partially-petitions-the-fcc/</link>
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		<title>FCC March 10 Panel Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All..
Check this out:
FCC Panel Meeting
&#34;This conference will bring together government officials, consumers with disabilities, industry groups, and academics to discuss how to fulfill Congress&#8217; vision that all Americans, including people with disabilities, share fully in the benefits of broadband.&#34;
Also this: &#34;The conference will explore the role of innovation; the need for legal, policy, and regulatory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/03/07/fcc-march-10-panel-meeting/</link>
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		<title>FCC Ruling on VRS Staff and VCO Calls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All..
I guess I need to make habit of saying the following remark first.
Disclaimer:&#160; I am owner of Edsalert, and I also am a co-founder of Convo so take this post for what it is.&#160;&#160; 
That aside.&#160; 
FCC just now released ruling on problematic issues.&#160;&#160; 
FCC Ruling
Quotable quotes: 
&#34;First, we emphasize that VRS calls made by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/02/25/fcc-ruling-on-vrs-staff-and-vco-calls/</link>
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		<title>Numbers Informative: IP Relay and VRS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yo Folks&#8230;
Check the growth, but particular pay attention to 2008 and 2009 years.&#160;&#160; Upwards then slowly downwards.&#160;&#160; The end of Sept 2009, according to NECA website was 7,831,011 
VRS Growth
Got from NECA&#8217;s reports the following:
Projection vs Actual meaning what NECA projected based on historical data and its best analysis.&#160;&#160; 
The percentage indicate projected data is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/02/13/numbers-informative-ip-relay-and-vrs/</link>
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		<title>FCC Enforcement Advisories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All..
FCC is launching a new announcement regarding enforcement rules and such.
Enforcement Advisories
Quote:
&#34;The Enforcement Bureau will periodically release Enforcement Advisories, which are designed to educate businesses about and alert consumers to what&#8217;s required by FCC rules, the purpose of those rules and why they&#8217;re important to consumers, as well as the consequences of failures to comply.&#34;
There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/02/04/fcc-enforcement-advisories/</link>
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		<title>Consumer Group Submits Petition to the FCC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Folks&#8230;
Consumer Groups &#8211; National Assoc of the Deaf, Telecomm for the Deaf and HOH, Assoc of Late-Deafened Adults, Inc., Deaf HOH Consumer Advocacy Network, Calif Coalition of Agencies Serving Deaf/HOH, Hearing Loss Associaiton of America, and America Assoc of the Deaf Blind &#8211; submits petition to the FCC.&#160; Basically Petition is asking the FCC to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/01/29/consumer-group-submits-petition-to-the-fcc/</link>
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		<title>Howard College Honors Two Deaf Persons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All..
Once a while I digress completely to different issue.&#160; This is one. 
HC Names Two Buildings to Deaf Persons
Quotable:
&#34;The Howard College Board of Trustees gave special recognition to Dr. Douglas and Beatrice Burke by naming buildings on the SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf (SWCID) campus in their honor..&#34;
Dr. Douglas had passed away, and Beatrice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/01/28/howard-college-honors-two-deaf-persons/</link>
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		<title>MMTC Ex-Parte &#8211; shades of similarity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All..
An ex-parte letter from Minority Media and Telecommunications Council expressing concerns not unlike we deaf/hoh have.&#160; Minority Ex Parte
Quotable quotes:
&#34;The Commission should ensure that net neutrality rules are neither written nor applied in a manner that adversely affects the participation of minorities online and in society.&#34;
&#34;..ensure that even if the rules are truly neutral in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/01/26/1131/</link>
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		<title>ADA Explained and (?) Apply to VRS?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All&#8230;
Hopefully this will help give clarity to what the [bleep] is going on with problems of VRS industry and federal governments (mainly FCC, though). 
Check this out&#8230;
ADA Explained
Title I covers employment.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 
Does that mean companies/businesses who have deaf/hoh should pay for Interpreters to do conference calls?&#160; The problem is most companies will not do that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/01/26/ada-explained-and-apply-to-vrs/</link>
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		<title>VRS Industry Speaks Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All&#8230;
Along the same topic on non-reimbursable minutes.&#160;&#160; Read on..
Four VRS Provider Ex Parte
CSDVRS Ex Parte
The underlying message is that the price of inaction may prove to be too great for most of VRS providers then ultimately VRS users suffer as result.&#160;&#160;&#160; 
eyes open &#38; thumbs up,
Ed
Long Links:4 VRShttp://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7020382451
CSDVRS Ex Partehttp://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7020355243
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		<link>http://www.edsalert.com/2010/01/21/vrs-industry-speaks-out/</link>
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