§  64.603   Provision of services.

   Each common carrier providing telephone voice transmission services
   shall provide, not later than July 26, 1993, in compliance with the
   regulations prescribed herein, throughout the area in which it offers
   services, telecommunications relay services, individually, through
   designees, through a competitively selected vendor, or in concert with
   other carriers. Speech-to-speech relay service and interstate Spanish
   language relay service shall be provided by March 1, 2001. In addition,
   each common carrier providing telephone voice transmission services
   shall provide, not later than October 1, 2001, access via the 711
   dialing code to all relay services as a toll free call. A common
   carrier shall be considered to be in compliance with these regulations:

   (a) With respect to intrastate telecommunications relay services in any
   state that does not have a certified program under §  64.606 and with
   respect to interstate telecommunications relay services, if such common
   carrier (or other entity through which the carrier is providing such
   relay services) is in compliance with §  64.604; or

   (b) With respect to intrastate telecommunications relay services in any
   state that has a certified program under §  64.606 for such state, if
   such common carrier (or other entity through which the carrier is
   providing such relay services) is in compliance with the program
   certified under §  64.606 for such state.

   [ 65 FR 38436 , June 21, 2000, as amended at  66 FR 67114 , Dec. 28, 2001;
    73 FR 21258 , Apr. 21, 2008]

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