• December 1997 FCC extends deadline until October 1, 1998

• September 1998 FCC extends deadline until mid-November 1998

• November 1998 FCC extends deadline until end of December 1998

• December 1998 FCC issues indefinite waivers in response to more than 100 individual company petitions

• January 1999 Lucent Technologies has TTY compatibility solution

• May 1999 FCC extends deadline until end of December 2001

• December 2000 FCC sets final deadline: June 30, 2002.

• June 30, 2002 Deadline is met.

• 2002-present Deaf community discards TTYs for pagers

Long Term solution never achieved.