47 CFR § 6.9 - Information pass through.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s6.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 6.9 - Information pass through."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "6.9"
section_name: "Information pass through."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "6"
part_name: "ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 151-154, 208, 255, and 303(r)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 63251, Nov. 19, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "6"
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# 6.9 Information pass through.

Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment shall pass through cross-manufacturer, non-proprietary, industry-standard codes, translation protocols, formats or other information necessary to provide telecommunications in an accessible format, if readily achievable. In particular, signal compression technologies shall not remove information needed for access or shall restore it upon decompression.