Wireless Carriers and Providers of Interconnected Text Messaging Must Send “Bounce-Back” Messages to Consumers Who Text 911 Where the Service is Not Offered On May 17, 2013, the FCC released a Report and Order requiring a “bounce back” message…
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Hearing Impaired Couple Fights for Better Internet Access
Hearing Impaired Couple Fights for Better Internet Access By: Brittney Johnson, KARK 4 News February 7, 2013 A hearing impaired Alexander couple battling their internet provider for years, is pushing for better service. A poor internet connection is a major…
Four Wireless Carriers Agree to Accelerate Text to 911
Four Wireless Carriers Agree to Accelerate Text to 911 On December 6, 2012, the FCC announced that the four major wireless carriers – AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile – have agreed to accelerate the availability of text-to-911, with major deployments expected…
AT&T Expands Facetime Over Cellular Availability
AT&T Expands Facetime Over Cellular Availability Video Calling Feature To Be Made Available To LTE Customers on Tiered Data Plans & Deaf and Hard of Hearing Customers With Qualifying Plans Dallas, Texas November 08, 2012 AT&T* today announced it will…
AT&T’s FaceTime Blocking Hurts the Deaf
NOTE FROM DEAFNETWORK: Petition Online link – http://www.change.org/petitions/at-t-stop-discriminating-against-deaf-customers AT&T’s FaceTime Blocking Hurts the Deaf BY BRENDAN GRAMER September 7, 2012 When I learned that Apple would finally be enabling the iPhone’s FaceTime app to work over mobile connections, I was…
Extreme-weather text alerts set to begin
Extreme-weather text alerts set to begin By Doyle Rice May 14, 2012 Wireless carriers and the federal government are launching a system to automatically warn people of dangerous weather and other emergencies via a special type of text messaging to…