The Better Business Bureau warns small business owners that reports of scammers plying their trade through telephone relay services — typically used by the hearing impaired to make phone calls — are ...

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In 2002, telecommunication companies like MCI and AT&T offered free calls to the hearing impaired via internet web pages. The deaf customers will type their messages into dialog boxes similar to ...

For Steve Walker and his wife, Krista, the advent of an Internet-based telephone system for the deaf was a godsend. "It's allowed me to be more connected to my family at any time, day or night, ...

Birmingham-area merchants are being targeted by scam artists using a new Internet-age twist on an old scheme, according to merchants and a credit card processing company. Scam artists are trying to ...

A federally subsidized telephone service uses the Internet to link deaf and hearing callers, but the service is plagued by pranksters and outright fraud. Even businesses are getting scammed. For ...