In addition to releasing its final "advanced communications services" accessibility rules this weekend (which requires accessibility of VoIP, texting, and video chat on a wide range of devices and communication services, as I discussed earlier here), the FCC also released its Report and Order (available here) requiring certain non-interconnected VoIP providers (including both two-way and one-way VoIP services) to register with the FCC and contribute to the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund, similar to how telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers currently do. The requirement is significant, in that it further extends the FCC's reach to IP-based services that have been historically free from regulatory oversight.

In general, the new rules only apply to providers that offer non-interconnected VoIP:

(1) on a stand-alone basis for a fee; or...