IP CTS Providers Urge FCC to Jettison Planned July 1 Further 10% Rate Cut
IP captioned telephone service providers asked the FCC to keep their $1.75 per minute compensation rate, not reduce it to $1.58 starting July 1, as scheduled under a June order adopting a two-stage cut from $1.95. The record shows the…
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further cut "risks driving down IP CTS service quality; preventing further investment in new and innovative IP CTS products and services; and possibly triggering market exit," filed Hamilton Relay, Sprint, CaptionCall and Mezmo (InnoCaption) Thursday in docket 03-123. Noting a telecom relay service administrator advisory council urged the FCC "to forego this reduction," the providers asked the agency to "act as quickly as possible" to retain the interim $1.75 rate through at least June 30, 2020.