Sorenson Urges FCC to Deny ZVRS Bid to Extend VRS At-Home Interpreting Trial
The FCC should reject a ZVRS Holding request to extend authorizations of its CSDVRS and Purple Communications for at-home interpreting in video relay service through December 31, 2020, "while prohibiting every other provider" from doing so, filed Sorenson Communications, posted…
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Monday in docket 10-51. It would be "discriminatory" and an "an extraordinarily unfair competitive advantage." ZVRS and Purple seek to extend a one-year at-home interpreting trial by two years "while denying other providers the ability to participate," Sorenson said, citing a Wednesday letter from ZVRS. "Rather than simply assigning existing interpreters to work from home, ZVRS has attempted to use the pilot program as a recruiting tool for new interpreters." ZVRS didn't comment.