Hamilton Relay Slams FCC Proposal to Cut IP CTS Rates

Hamilton Relay asked the FCC to extend the $1.58 per minute IP captioned telephone service rate until June 30 and “then initiate a rate that is no lower than $1.42 from July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022, followed by a rate that is no lower than $1.30 until June 30, 2023.” Hamilton representatives spoke with aides to the five commissioners, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 13-24. Commissioners vote Sept. 30 on revised rates (see Ref:2009090048]). “Despite the clear consensus in the record supporting a sustainable 4-tiered rate methodology for IP CTS, the Commission has instead proposed to adopt an archaic, single-rate, cost-based methodology approach that is unsupported in the record and was long ago discarded by state and federal regulators,” the company said.