CaptionMate Backs Rate Extension for IP Captioned Telephone Service

CaptionMate urged the FCC to extend "until at least June 30" current rates for IP captioned telephone service (CTS), meeting separately with aides to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Anna Gomez (see 2304040039). The IP CTS provider said in an ex parte filing posted Thursday in docket 03-123 that the data in the record is "already stale" and "may not accurately reflect the costs of offering functionally equivalent" IP CTS. It also warned that "adopting an average of historical and projected costs plus a 10% operating margin would be devastating for the industry."