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Having worked directly with many VRS interpreters, the general consensus is that if you leave Sorenson to go work for another VRS company, you are blacklisted from ever being allowed to go back to work for Sorenson again. This isn't just some rumor. If you know of any VRS interpreters that...

Most of what has been said in this thread still stand. ZVRS had a offering to allow "ZHearing" customers to pay a monthly fee so that hearing customers could dial deaf family members. This was for sale in the Z Store, which has been discontinued. ZHearing phones are not allowed to call VRS, are...

DOH! I actually didn't realize that until you pointed it out. The deadline to remove tollfree numbers has just passed, so it seemed timely. On the other hand, now that tollfree numbers are no longer in iTRS, we are getting a number of VRS calls from folks trying to reach someone point-to-point...

Tollfree numbers are no longer in service qwerty123 is right: tollfree numbers include 800, 888, 877, 866, and 855. No need to wait until next year though, they're already turned off. Your tollfree numbers have actually been removed from iTRS as of November 22nd per the FCC's order to...

You can purchase a Z4 and a Monthly Consumer Service Plan through the ZStore: Monthly Consumer Service Plan Videophones As a hearing customer, you will be given a number so that you can login and call your family. If your family also happens to have ZVRS products, they can call you using this...

ZVRS supports both VCO (audio on a second audio call leg) and VCO+ (audio channel as part of your VRS video call). With VCO+, you can voice and watch the interpreter sign the conversation to you. You can install Z4 on most Android phones from Google Market, or on your iPhone/iPad2 from...

There has been much rumor that that is the case. However, to date, I have yet to see any written proof of this. It would be great, if you happen to get the offer, to post a picture of anything they ask you to sign (before you decide whether or not you want to sign it). The real question...

The only software that I know of is Nextalk: NexTalk.net- Sign up and get started with NexTalk and Ip-Relay My understanding is that it lets you place TTY calls from Nextalk's modem banks using PC software over the Internet using Nextalk's phone lines. I've never used it myself, and I...

Sorenson produced endpoints that are not backward compatible. I am merely stating facts. Indeed it does. Very soon all of the Z phones will as well. We're testing this new functionality now. There were technical reasons this was not enabled before, but we have developed workarounds to...

RickL66, I am not Jared. I'm not sure that many deaf/HoH citizens could really afford to pay VRI rates for video interpreting services if it weren't for the TRS fund, low-income or not. In reality, the VRS industry wouldn't exist were it not for the TRS fund paying for expensive...

Yes, I did read the whole thing last night. Read page 97: Appendix D, part II, section A: A. User Identifying Information 1. Residential Users 8. We propose that VRS providers provision for each of their residential users, upon default provider registration, information sufficient to...

If you follow the FCC filings, this is a very important one: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Document There are a number of important topics covered here, and the FCC is looking for community feedback. What do you think about these proposals? Threads merged Moderator naisho

Because Sprint would have to abandon the "resale" business model it has used for years in providing VRS service and instead become a facilities-based provider of such services forcing it to expend resources that could be used to modernize its wireless network and expand the reach of its wireless...

Facts: Ed’s Telecom Alert » Debt Report on Sorenson Sorenson had to finance $735 million, of which $178.9 million was paid as a dividend at the time of the refinancing.

And we do understand. Any VRS customer has the right to dial-around to reach any other VRS provider for interpreting. That is your right, and we have no intention of changing that. Most videophones will let you dial an IPv4 address (208.94.18.175), a DNS name that points at that IPv4 address...

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry, but now Sorenson has released a 3rd video: Customers port back to Sorenson Seriously Sorenson, we get it. You don't like ZVRS. Good or bad, you are advertising to your own customers that there are alternative VRS providers to your service. It is obvious...

Regarding the SorensonVRS facebook page: friendly comments about good experiences with porting away from Sorenson are being actively nuked (removed from the comments), so you may miss many of the posts I'm referring to there as they won't be there when you go to read them.

And the Sorenson smear campaign continues: Customers port back to Sorenson I'm torn. I don't agree with what Sorenson is claiming, but I do value two things about what they're doing here: 1. Showing that there are at least a handful of customers that were not happy with their experience...

There is some further information here that is applicable: Ed’s Telecom Alert » Petition To Indefinitely Hold Porting Equipment Waiver

Actually, the primary reason for dictating that it "must be a VP200" is mostly because some of the other provider's videomail systems tend to interfere with their participation in a 1Number setup. As the VP200 doesn't have P2P videomail when called from a non-VP200, this is ideal. It also...