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 Sprint CRS to assist in connecting calls. There are several ways to bill non-local calls: collect; third party; calling card or prepaid card.