FCC Posts ASL Video on VRS Reform

Latest VRS News

January 2012

Visit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website to view ASL videos about VRS reform and the recently-released Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (FNPRM). You can view the questions and ASL responses by visiting http://www.fcc.gov/guides/vrs-reform.

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FCC Filing Archive

9/30/10
FCC Extends Deadline for Reply Comment Period to October 15, 2010 for Deaf Blind and Low Vision Survey »
9/20/10
Agreement Reached Between FCC and Purple »
9/20/10
Consent Degree Between FCC and Purple »
8/12/10
Requests for Extension of Comments From CSDVRS, Convo, Purple, Snap »
8/12/10
Request for Extension of Comments from CSDVRS, Convo, Purple, SnapVRS - DENIED »
7/9/10
Sorenson’s Request for Stay - DENIED »
6/30/10
Sorenson’s Request for Stay »
6/27/10
FCC's Notice of Inquiry (NOI) »
6/18/10
FCC's Decisions of Carrier's Rates »
5/27/10
FCC Declaratory Ruling »
4/30/10
NECA Submits Payment Formula and Fund Size Estimate for the Interstate TRS Fund for the July 2010 Through June 2011 Fund Year. »
Comments from VRS Providers and Other National Organizations
8/18/10
Purple VRS Comment »
8/18/10
Sorenson VRS Comment »
8/18/10
ZVRS Comment »
8/18/10
Coalition Comment »
8/18/10
RID Comment »
8/18/10
Sprint Comment »
8/18/10
AT&T Comment »
8/18/10
Convo Comment »
8/18/10
PAH VRS Comment »
8/18/10
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI) »
5/14/10
Convo Comments to FCC Proposed Rate Cut »
5/14/10
PAH Comments to FCC Proposed Rate Cut »
5/14/10
Purple Comments to FCC Proposed Rate Cut »
5/14/10
SnapVRS Comments to FCC Proposed Rate Cut »
5/14/10
Sorenson Comments to FCC Proposed Rate Cut »
5/14/10
ZVRS Comments to FCC Proposed Rate Cut »

VRSCA News Archive

March 15, 2010
VRSCA Sends Congratulations to Deputy Chief Karen Peltz Strauss!
February 25, 2010
FCC Reaffirms Rules and Policies of VRS
November 16, 2010
Gregory Hlibok Named Chief of the FCC’s Disability Rights Office »
September 17, 2010
FCC NPRM Number Plan »
August 9, 2010
21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Legislation Passes »
June 28, 2010
FCC Announces New Interim Rate for 2010-2011 »
May 28, 2010
Letter from Congress to FCC »
May 27, 2010
FCC Takes Further Steps to Ensure That Video Relay Service Will Continue as a Vibrant Service »
May 12, 2010
Future of Video Relay Service in Jeopardy »
March 15, 2010
VRSCA Sends Congratulations to Deputy Chief Karen Peltz Strauss! »
February 25, 2010
FCC Reaffirms Rules and Policies of VRS »
November 24, 2009
Change In Using 800/866 Calls »
October 26, 2009
Deadline Extended to Choose Your Default Provider »
August 10, 2009
Protect Yourself from Fraud »
June 4, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) May Take Action That Will Hurt VRS »
May 19, 2009
See the Latest FCC VLOG about 10-Digit Numbers and E911 »
June 24, 2008
FCC Adopts a New Numbering System and Mandates E911 Services »
July 5, 2007
Rates Frozen for Various Forms
of Telecommunications Relay Service »
July 2, 2007
FCC Issues Order Freezing VRS Rate for the Short Term »
July 3, 2007
FCC Freezes TRS Compensation Rate for Now While Mulling Alternatives »
June 15, 2007
Tens of Thousands of Comments Sent to the FCC Since Mid-May »
June 8, 2007
NAD Advocates Consumers to File Comments with FCC »
November 19, 2007
FCC Announces VRS Rates for Three Years »
May 18, 2007
VRS Providers Complain to FCC About Reimbursement Rates »
May 17, 2007
Providers Criticize NECA Proposal for TRS Payment Fund Formula »
May 1, 2007
Sorenson Communications Urges Fair and Predictable Rate for VRS »
NAD'S Advocacy
NAD Supports Multi-Vendoring--the Right to Choose Relay Service Providers »
December 10, 2004
FCC Adds Video Relay Services to State »