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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order outlining an interim plan for access to public payphone service through relay services.

The order states that:

  • All local calls from TTY payphones are free of charge.
  • Toll calls can be billed through calling cards and prepaid cards.

TTY users who wish to use a coin TTY payphone can use New York Relay Service to assist in connecting calls. There are several ways to bill non-local calls:

        • collect
        • third party
        • calling card
        • prepaid card