What does the message, “NEW FCC RULE – Long distance calls will now be billed” mean?
Effective January 12, 2006, a new regulation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires that any long distance charges associated with TRS calls, including CapTel calls, must be billed to the caller. This means, if you make a long distance captioned call on your CapTel phone (or if you are calling a CapTel user and the call is long distance), any long distance charges will be billed to your local telephone number. More information…
