Workshop Report Comments
Comments on the draft workshop report were due by May 4th, 2001. The following parties submitted comments by the end of the business day May 4th.
Cooper, White & Cooper (on behalf of Roseville Telephone Company) (Roseville)
Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
Pacific Telesis (Pacific)
Verizon
Hale Zukas - World Institute on Disability
Comments were also received from:
AT&T Wireless
Nossman, Guthner, Knox & Elliot (on behalf of California Payphone Association) (CPA)
The Telecommunications Division received and processed the comments and made necessary changes to the workshop report. This Resolution resolves issues unresolved in the Workshop Report. The final Workshop Report is attached as Appendix A to this resolution.
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT AND CONFORMED RESOLUTION AND PROTESTS
In accordance with Public Utilities Code section 311(g)(1), a draft resolution was mailed by July 24, 2001, to the parties of record in OIR R-00-05-001, OII I-87-11-031, R.95-01-021, I.95-01-021, those in attendance at the 711 public workshop of April 11, 2001, and those requesting placement on the service list for the workshop and/or subsequent resolutions related to 711. A copy of the cover letter of this mailing was also sent to all Commission telecommunications carriers informing them that the draft resolution is available at the Commission web site: www.cpuc.ca.gov. In a transmittal letter TD has informed the telecommunications carriers that the draft resolution, and subsequently the conformed resolution, is available on the Commission web site. This letter also informs parties that the final Resolution adopted by the Commission will be posted and available at the same web site. This means of distribution is consistent with the Commission's commitment to utilize our Internet web site for distributing Commission orders and information. In addition, a hard copy of the conformed Resolution will be mailed to all parties of record in OIR R-00-05-001, OII I-87-11-031, R.95-01-021, I.95-01-021, those in attendance at the 711 public workshop of April 11, 2001, and those requesting placement on the service list for the workshop and/or subsequent resolutions related to 711. Comments received on a timely basis will be addressed by TD in this resolution. Comments were received from ______.
DISCUSSION
The fundamental purpose of a unified abbreviated dialing code for access to TRS is to facilitate functionally equivalent access to telecommunication networks by simplifying the various numbers necessary for reaching different relay services. In the past these numbers have varied from state to state as well as from relay service type to relay service type [e.g. Voice Carry Over (VCO), Speech to Speech (STS), and Spanish relay service all have different numbers]. The First Report and Order assigned the abbreviated dialing code 711 to relay services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals in compliance with Section 401 of Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The introduction of the 711 abbreviated dialing code for connection to TRS represents minimal changes to the network functions by which TRS is accessed. However minimal the change to the provision of relay services to the deaf and disabled, implementation of 711 requires some new provisions as well as clarification and amplification of certain provisions with regard to existing TRS regulation.
