1. TASA Advisory Committee
Presentation to the
TASA Advisory Committee
Florida Public Service Commission Staff
April 18, 2018

2. AGENDA TASA Meeting - April 18, 2018 Florida PSC
1:30 – 1:45 Reading of Meeting Notice – Pamela Page
Initial Meeting Notes – Curtis Williams
Introductions – Curtis Williams
Participant Appearances
1:45 – 2:15 PSC and FCC Updates - Curtis Williams and Jeff Bates
2:15 – 2:45 FTRI Annual Budget - James Forstall
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:30 Sprint Relay Update – Jeff Branch
Relay Conference Captioning (RCC)
TRS and CapTel Statistics
Quality Report
Outreach Report
Hurricane Update
3:30 – 4:00 Discussion/Adjourn
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3. Initial Meeting Notes
A transcript will be made of today’s meeting and provided to all TASA Committee Members.
Please make sure your microphone is on when speaking. The green light should be on.
Please silence your cell phones during today’s meeting.
Please state your name before speaking so we know who is making comments for the record.
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4. TASA Meeting - April 18, 2018 Florida PSC Tom D’Angelo
Florida Association of the Deaf, Inc.
128 Bay Bridge Drive
St. Augustine Beach, FL 32080
(904) (Voice)
Elizabeth Bradin CenturyLink 315 S. Calhoun St. Suite 500 Tallahassee, FL (850) (Voice)
Rick Kottler
Executive Director
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Of the Treasure Coast, Inc.
1016 NE Jensen Beach Blvd.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
(772) (Voice)
(772) (Fax)
Cheryl Rhodes Florida Deaf/Blind Association 500 Northfield Lane The Villages, FL (352) (VP & Voice)
Maryrose Sirianni
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., d/b/a AT&T Florida 150 South Monroe Street Suite 400 Tallahassee, Florida (850) (Voice) (850) (Fax)
Timothy D. Wata
12514 Cragside Lane
Windermere, FL 34786
(407) (Voice)
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5. PSC Contacts TASA Meeting - April 18, 2018 Florida PSC
Curtis Williams, Regulatory Analyst IV
Office of Industry Development and Market Analysis (850) (Voice) (850) (Fax)
Jeff Bates, Research Associate
Office of Industry Development and Market Analysis
(850) (Voice)
(850) (Fax)
Pamela H. Page, Attorney
Office of the General Counsel (850) (Voice) (850) (Fax)
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6. PSC & FCC Updates since October 31, 2017 TASA Meeting
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7. PSC Updates
December 2017 – The PSC published the 2017 Relay Report on its website.
March 1, 2018 – New Sprint Relay Contract went into effect.
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8. State Certification for Telecommunications Relay Service Pleading Cycle Extended
DA released November 1, 2017 – Florida’s Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) recertification was filed September 28, 2017, and the FCC assigned it File No. TRS
DA released January 26, 2018 – Notice was filed in the Federal Register on January 24, 2018, clarified that comments were due by February 23, 2018, and reply comments were due by March 12, 2018.
Since the October 31st, 2017 TASA Advisory Committee meeting, the FCC has acknowledged Florida’s submission for the recertification of the Telecommunications Relay Service. On January 24, 2018, Public Notice DA was published in the Federal Register and established February 23rd, 2018 as the deadline to file comments, and March 12th, 2018 as the deadline to file reply comments.
We’re not aware of any comments regarding Florida’s application.
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9. Video Relay Service (VRS) Improvements
DA released October 19, 2017 – The effective date for the rules that modified information collection requirements was October 17, 2017.
DA released October 31, 2017 – Granted CSDVRS, LLC d/b/a ZVRS and Purple Communications, Inc. authorization to participate in the VRS at-home call handling pilot.
DA released October 31, 2017 – Pleading Cycle Established for Comments on Petition for Reconsideration of the VRS Rates Order.
DA released December 29, 2017 – Notice was given to VRS providers that they must submit registration information for registered VRS users to the Telecommunications Relay Service User Registration Database (TRS-URD) by February 28th, DA extended the deadline to April 30, 2018.
On March 23, 2017, the FCC released a Report and Order, Notice of Inquiry, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order, amended Commission rules to implement an at-home call handling pilot program and to permit VRS providers to assign telephone numbers to hearing individuals for point-to-point video communications. In addition, requirements for information collection were modified.
On October 31, 2017, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the FCC granted CSDVRS, LLC d/b/a ZVRS and Purple Communications, Inc. authorization to participate in the VRS at-home call handling pilot.
On October 31, 2017, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau set a November 9th, 2017 deadline for comments and reply comments were due on or before November 20th, 2017
On December 29th, 2017, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau released notice to VRS providers that the Telecommunications Relay Service User Registration Database (TRS-URD) was ready to accept registration information. The deadline to submit registration data for registered users was subsequently extended through April 30th, 2018
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10. Questions or Comments?
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