“This page is a digitally archived AccessInfo Announcement”
On June 21, 2012, the Commission released a public notice requesting comment on a petition filed by the National Cable
& Telecommunications Association (NCTA), which request that the Commission waive its rules requiring advanced communications services (ACS) and equipment to be accessible by people with disabilities.
NCTA requests a waiver for set-top boxes leased by cable operators to their customers and manufactured before July 1,
2016.
Comment Deadline: July 23, 2012
Reply Comment Deadline: August 2, 2012
Public Notice of NCTA petition, released May 15, 2012:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0621/DA-12-984A1.doc
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0621/DA-12-984A1.pdf
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0621/DA-12-984A1.txt
NCTA Petition: The correct link is http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7021921284
For further information, please contact Eliot Greenwald at (202) 418-2235 or Eliot.Greenwald@fcc.gov; or Rosaline
Crawford at (202) 418-2075 or Rosaline.Crawford@fcc.gov.