- Dates
- 2001-08-12 – 2001-10-01
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationpublic-service
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beginning August 12, 2001, TDS’s Beaver Island office used 711 to connect customers with Michigan’s Telecommunications Relay Service. The article explains the TDD/TTY relay process and reports that calls were free, confidential, available 24 hours a day, and usable between Michigan and English-speaking locations elsewhere in the United States and internationally.
Evidence limits
The notice describes the service as explained by TDS; it is not an independent telecommunications service audit or a record of individual calls.
Sources
- Explains that TDS’s Island office had used 711 since August 12 to connect callers with Michigan TRS, which relayed speech and text telephone calls for people with hearing or speech impairments; the service was free, confidential, and available continuously. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2001-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the 711 service notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “TDS connects Beaver Island callers to Michigan’s 711 Telecommunications Relay Service”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telecommunications-relay-service-711-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2001, “Telecommunications Relay Service Number in now 7-1-1.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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