Sprint Petitions FCC to Open Rulemaking on IP Relay Service Rate Methodology
Sprint asked the FCC to launch an IP Relay service rulemaking to establish a "sustainable ratemaking methodology," as a three-year price-cap period ends with the 2018-19 funding year. The agency "should move away" from the current methodology, "which fails to…
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account for all of the costs that Sprint reasonably incurs," said a petition posted Friday: "A hybrid rate methodology that is based on a combination of the Multistate Average Rate Structure ('MARS') and provider costs" will "enable Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and DeafBlind consumers to continue to" access the "critical" relay service, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act.