Federal Communications Commission FCC 07-110 
STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER DEBORAH TAYLOR TATE
Re:  IP-Enabled Services; Implementation of Sections 255 and 251(a)(2) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as Enacted by the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Access to Telecommunications Service, 
Telecommunications Equipment and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons with Disabilities; The 
Use of N11 Codes and Other Abbreviated Dialing Arrangements, WC Docket No. 04-36, WT Docket No. 
96-198, CG Docket No. 03-123, CC Docket No. 92-105.
Congress intended for all Americans to benefit from advances in telecommunications services and 
equipment, and this item does just that, both by stabilizing the funding base for TRS services and by 
extending accessibility requirements to the interconnected VoIP services which millions  of Americans 
are now substituting for traditional voice service.  Given the rapid marketplace adoption of interconnected 
VoIP, I am pleased that we are making these obligations clear at an early stage so that we avoid 
unnecessary market distortion.  While I continue to advocate a light regulatory touch for developing 
services like interconnected VoIP, it is essential that important goals like universal access by all our 
citizens are implemented in an equitable and non-discriminatory manner across platforms and service-
providers.