Enterprise Users Urge FCC to Deny Telcos, Keep Prohibition on TRS Line Items
The FCC should continue to bar carriers from identifying telecom relay service costs as line items on consumer bills, said 3M, Coca-Cola, Mastercard, Office Depot, Sears and other enterprise users in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 03-123. They said…
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the FCC could soon rule on an ITTA petition "that could alter" the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and "the civil rights of all disabled individuals," including "the deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired communities." ITTA plus AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink "are pressuring the FCC" to overturn a rule prohibiting carriers "from identifying the cost of [TRS] (a Title IV, ADA service) as a fee, surcharge or line-item on customer invoices," the enterprise users said. The ADA "prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities," they wrote. "It would be a violation of the ADA to stigmatize disabled individuals as a 'cost burden' by identifying the cost of providing an ADA service on any consumer invoice."