Hamilton Relay Seeks More Data Before Setting New IP Captioned Telephone Service Rates

Hamilton Relay urged the FCC to include additional cost data in the record before setting a new rate methodology for IP captioned telephone service funded by the Telecom Relay Service Fund (see 2310200065). Audited 2022 historical costs and 2023 projected costs should be added to the record, the company said in a meeting with staff from the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Office of Economics and Analytics and Office of Managing Director. "Audited historical costs are critical to rational ratemaking because the audits will help ensure that each provider is using appropriate cost categories and a common approach to the submission of cost data to the TRS Fund Administrator," Hamilton said, per an ex parte filing posted Thursday in docket 03-123.