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NAD Files Reply Comments on 10-Digit Numbering System
By advocacy | May 10, 2008
The NAD worked closely with TDI and other consumer groups to file additional reply comments to update the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) record about adopting a system to assign real 10-digit telephone numbers for users of IP-based relay services (VRS, IP Relay, and IP Captioned Telephone Service). Click here to read the reply comments that were filed on April 18, 2008.
After reviewing the numbering proposals and other comments filed, we recommended that the FCC seek clarification on certain aspects of the proposals. For example:
• Will a separate 10-digit number be required for each videophone device or can one number serve multiple devices in a person’s home?
• Will a separate 10-digit number be required for each modality of communication (text/IP-relay vs. video/VRS)?
• What will a person need to do to keep the same 10-digit telephone number when changing to a different videophone device, or when they use their videophone device at a different location (i.e., while traveling or visiting family and friends)?
• If a hearing person who can communicate in ASL has a videophone device, will that person be able to obtain a 10-digit number?
Other questions were asked about how the numbering system will function; security and privacy; system/network outages, failures, or overloads; implementation schedules; and transitioning to the new numbering system, along with new equipment, technologies, and standards.
To read the consumer groups’ and other reply comments filed on April 18, 2008:
1. Go to http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.cgi.
2. In the box labeled “1. Proceeding” – type 03-123.
3. In the box labeled “7. Date Received/Adopted: (mm/dd/yyyy)” – type in the column labeled “From” 04/18/2008 and type in the column labeled “To” 04/18/2008.
4. Click on the button marked “Retrieve Document List.”
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