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I have one sibling, a sister who is 1 year and 8 months older than me. The funny thing about us is that even though we have grown older, experienced many things in life, we are pretty much the same girls who shared a room for most of our adolescence. 

I noticed a small white dot on the middle of both palms right before I turned 20. I thought nothing of it until I noticed other spots on my body. As time passed and they grew I went to see a dermatologist who told me I had Vitiligo.  Vitiligo is an auto immune disease which removes pigment from the skin, changing my brown skin to white.  In the beginning it was such a slow progression that most people never even realized.  There were times I didn’t even remember. However, in the last 7 years it has spread much more quickly so that now my hands and my feet are almost completely white.

Until recently, when I thought of VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), I thought about its connection to telecommunications in general and to the work that we do here at TMI. We prepare applications for certification,  state registrations (where applicable), file FCC Form 499 reports, and more for many VoIP providers. 

Telecom tariffs contain many items that provide assistance to the consumer.  For example the Telecommunications Relay Service (this fee has different titles depending on the state) which provides assistance to those who are hearing impaired.  It is easy to take for granted the ability to pick up the phone anytime and anywhere and complete a call as long as there is a device and available service. However, there are millions of Americans who require assistance from video relay operators to make calls to anyone from their doctor's office to make an appointment to ordering pizza from their neighborhood pizzeria.