monkeymagick
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The Federal Communications Commission levied a fine of $3 million to Sorenson Communcations for failing to renew a domain name vital to the local 911 emergency service. The Utah based telecommunications provider failed to notice the domain's expiration causing the Video Relay System to quit on them leaving deaf people and others with vocal disabilities unable to reach 911 operations for close to 3 days.
The settlement sum is massive, but of it, only $252,000 is an actual fine, going to the FCC. The rest of the fee -- $2.7 million -- is a restitution Sorensen must give back to the FCC's TRSF division.
The FCC uses the TRSF (Telecommunications Relay Services Fund) to subsidize VRS systems across the country. The $2.7 million Sorensen has to give back represents the money the telco received from the US government to run the 911 VRS system and to rent its dedicated bandwidth for the three days the system went down.
The settlement sum is massive, but of it, only $252,000 is an actual fine, going to the FCC. The rest of the fee -- $2.7 million -- is a restitution Sorensen must give back to the FCC's TRSF division.
The FCC uses the TRSF (Telecommunications Relay Services Fund) to subsidize VRS systems across the country. The $2.7 million Sorensen has to give back represents the money the telco received from the US government to run the 911 VRS system and to rent its dedicated bandwidth for the three days the system went down.
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