Internet Protocol (IP)
COAT Position Statement: Expand Accessibility Safeguards to Internet Protocol Technologies
COAT recommendation: Extend Section 255-type disability protections to Internet Protocol (IP) technologies with improved accountability and enforcement measures.
COAT Position Statement: Expand Telecommunications Relay Service Obligations to VoIP Providers
COAT recommendation: Extend existing telecommunications relay service (TRS) obligations, including the obligation to contribute to the interstate relay fund that supports these services, to all communication service providers, including VoIP and cable providers that enable conversations to take place between two or more people.
FCC Chairman Names COAT Leader Karen Peltz Strauss as a Deputy Chief
March 12, 2010, Washington DC.
White House Lauds Reading Rights Coalition, Authors & Publishers Agreement to Work Together on Print Accessibility
On March 9, 2010, a "Joint Statement on Access to Books for Americans with Print Disabilities" was released by the Reading Rights Coalition, the Authors' Guild and the Association of American Publishers. The groups publicly agreed to work toge
HR 3101 is Top Mention at National Broadband Plan Forums
On March 10, 2010, at the "National Broadband Plan and Accessibility for People with Disabilities Conference," held in Washington, DC numerous speakers mentioned H.R. 3101 and its provisions as critical to ensuring broadband is accessible and affordable to people with disabilities.
COAT & Affiliates Advocate for Consumers with Disabilities in New IP-Enabled Broadband Communications Environment
On March 8, 2010, COAT sent Comments to the FCC in response their Notice of Inquiry about "Consumer Information and Disclosure; Truth-in-Billing, and IP-Enabled Services." COAT's comments emphasized the need for all consumer information to be accessible -- including website content, for service package terms to be clear, and for billing, service and technical support to do a better job responding to the needs and concerns of consumers with disabilities.
Airline Passenger Rights Group Petitions for Accessibility of In-Flight Movies
March 4, 2010. COAT applauds the Association for Airline Passenger Rights (AAPR) campaign directed to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to improve accessibility of in-flight entertainment such as movies and infomercials. The campaign, begun in February, seeks to gather 10,000 petition signatures.
COAT Leaders Brief Cable & Broadband Attorneys about H.R. 3101
On March 2, 2010, Rosaline Crawford, Director of the Law and Advocacy Center of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), spoke on H.R. 3101 at the "Broadband & Cable Industry Law 2010" forum in San Francisco sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute (PLI). On the panel entitled "Developments in Cable Technology," targeted to attorneys in the cable television industry, Ms.
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