The compensation rate for video relay service would be $5.03 a mi...
The compensation rate for video relay service would be $5.03 a minute on average if the FCC decides to refigure the charges for the interstate telecom relay service fund’s 2009- 2010 year, the National Exchange Carrier said. The projection…
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is based on cost information from VRS providers, it said. Excluding the VRS provider’s data, the average rate would be $5.59. The figures are “substantially less” than current VRS reimbursement rates, lawyer David O'Connor said. The current rate has three tiers. Companies get about $6.74 for the first 50,000 minutes, $6.47 for minutes 50,001 to 500,000, and $6.27 for minutes beyond that. Sorenson, the biggest U.S. VRS provider, has threatened legal action if the FCC changes the rate (CD July 13 p5). The commission now is using a three-year interim rate plan set by the National Exchange Carrier Association in 2007.