>Subject: Disability Access Requirements Extended to VOIP Services
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:57:33 -0600
>From: "Barbara Jackson LeMoine" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Barbara Jackson LeMoine" <[log in to unmask]>
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>June 5, 2007
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>Disability Access Requirements Extended to VOIP Services
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>The Federal Communications Commission has extended the disability 
>access requirements of Sections 225 and 255 of the Communications 
>Act, which currently apply to traditional phone services, to 
>providers of interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 
>services and to manufacturers of specially designed equipment used 
>to provide those services. Section 255 of the Communications Act 
>requires manufacturers of "telecommunications equipment or customer 
>premises equipment" and providers of "telecommunications service" to 
>ensure that such equipment or service is accessible to and usable by 
>individuals with disabilities, if readily achievable. In adopting 
>Section 255, Congress sought to ensure that all Americans, including 
>people with disabilities, could benefit from advances in 
>telecommunications services and equipment. For more information, 
>read FCC's press release at 
><http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-273452A1.doc>http://
hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-273452A1.doc
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>Barbara Jackson LeMoine
>Policy Analyst
>American Foundation for the Blind
>Public Policy Center
>Washington, DC
>202-408-8169
>E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>Web: <http://www.afb.org/gov.asp>http://www.afb.org/gov.asp
>Expanding possibilities for people with vision lossTM
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