Sec.  64.606   Furnishing related customer premises equipment.

   (a) Any communications common carrier may provide, under tariff, customer
   premises equipment (other than hearing aid compatible telephones as defined
   in part 68 of this chapter, needed by persons with hearing, speech, vision
   or mobility disabilities. Such equipment may be provided to persons with
   those disabilities or to associations or institutions who require such
   equipment regularly to communicate with persons with disabilities. Examples
   of such equipment include, but are not limited to, artificial larynxes, bone
   conductor receivers and TTs.

   (b) Any carrier which provides telecommunications devices for persons with
   hearing and/or speech disabilities, whether or not pursuant to tariff, shall
   respond to any inquiry concerning:

   (1) The availability (including general price levels) of TTs using ASCII,
   Baudot, or both formats; and

   (2) The compatibility of any TT with other such devices and computers.