[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR64.606]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 64_MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart F_Telecommunications Relay Services and Related Customer 
            Premises Equipment for Persons With Disabilities
 
Sec.  64.606  Furnishing related customer premises equipment.

    (a) Any communications common carrier may provide, under tariff, 
customer premises equipment (other than hearing aid compatible 
telephones as defined in part 68 of this chapter, needed by persons with 
hearing, speech, vision or mobility disabilities. Such equipment may be 
provided to persons with those disabilities or to associations or 
institutions who require such equipment regularly to communicate with 
persons with disabilities. Examples of such equipment include, but are 
not limited to, artificial larynxes, bone conductor receivers and TTs.
    (b) Any carrier which provides telecommunications devices for 
persons with hearing and/or speech disabilities, whether or not pursuant 
to tariff, shall respond to any inquiry concerning:
    (1) The availability (including general price levels) of TTs using 
ASCII, Baudot, or both formats; and
    (2) The compatibility of any TT with other such devices and 
computers.

    Effective Date Note: At 72 FR 43560, Aug. 6, 2007, Sec.  64.606 was 
amended by by adding a note to paragraph (b), effective October 5, 2007. 
This amendment contains information collection requirements that have 
not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). For the 
convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as follows:


[Page 276]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 64_MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart F_Telecommunications Relay Services and Related Customer 
            Premises Equipment for Persons With Disabilities
 
Sec.  64.606  Furnishing related customer premises equipment.

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    Note to paragraph (b): The application of the reporting or 
recordkeeping provisions included in paragraph (b) of this section to 
interconnected VoIP providers will be submitted for approval to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). They are not effective as to 
interconnected VoIP providers until OMB approval has been obtained. The 
FCC will publish a notice of the effective date of the reporting and 
recordkeeping provisions of this rule as to interconnected VoIP 
providers after it obtains OMB approval.