User guide

3.
Subsection (5) of Rule 25-4.079 requires LECs, pursuant to tariff, to
provide specialized CPE, for lease or sale, at cost, to hearingkpeech impaired
persons.
4.
Specifically, Rule 25-4.079(5) provides as follows:
(5) Each LEC shall, pursuant to tariff, provide specialized customer
premises equipment (CPE), for lease or sale, to hearingkpeech
impaired persons.
This specialized CPE shall be priced to cover
fully allocated costs without inclusion of a rate of return on
investment component. Each LEC shall provide at least one type
of each of the following categories of specialized CPE:
(a) audible ring signalers;
(b) visual ring signalers;
(c)
TDDs;
(d) volume control handsets.
5.
Rule 25-4.079 cites to Florida Statutes 5 350.127(2) as the “specific
authority” for the Rule. Florida Statutes §§ 364.01(4), 364.02, 364.025, 364.03
364.04 are cited to as the “Law Implemented.”
6. The Rule’s purpose is to provide to hearingkpeech impaired
persons the same telecommunications opportunities that are available to other
subscribers at reasonable costs.
See In re: Adoption of Rule 25-4.079 -
HearingBpeech Impaired Persons, Docket No. 870744-TP, Order No. 18789
(February 3, 1998).
7. Subsequent to the Rule’s enactment,
in 1991, the Florida
Legislature passed the Telecommunications Access System Act (“TASA”)
(§§
427.701-427.708). The intent of TASA is to provide access terminals required for
basic telecommunications services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Speech Impaired
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