Download or read book Misuse of Internet Protocol (Ip) Captioned Telephone Service - Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-To-Speech Services for Individuals (Us Federal Communications Commission Regulation) (Fcc) (2018 Edition) written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-14 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service - Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals (US Federal Communications Commission Regulation) (FCC) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service - Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals (US Federal Communications Commission Regulation) (FCC) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 In this document, the Commission adopts interim rules prohibiting all referrals for rewards programs (as described in the synopsis below) and any other form of direct or indirect inducements, financial or otherwise, to subscribe to or use, or encourage subscription to or use of, Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS); requiring each IP CTS provider, as a precondition to providing service to new IP CTS users, to register each new IP CTS user, to obtain from the user, as part of the registration process, self-certification that the user has a hearing loss that necessitates IP CTS to communicate in a manner that is functionally equivalent to communication by conventional voice telephone users, and where the consumer accepts IP CTS equipment at a price below $75 from any source other than a governmental program, to also obtain from the user a certification from an independent, third party professional attesting to the same; and requiring IP CTS providers to ensure that equipment and software used in conjunction with their service have a default setting of captions off at the beginning of each call, so that the consumer must take an affirmative step to turn on the captions each time the consumer wishes to use IP CTS. The Commission's action is intended to address certain practices related to the provision and marketing of IP CTS that appear to be contributing to a recent and dramatic spike in reimbursement requests to the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service Fund (TRS Fund or Fund), of sufficient magnitude to constitute a serious threat to the Fund if not promptly and decisively addressed. This book contains: - The complete text of the Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service - Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals (US Federal Communications Commission Regulation) (FCC) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section