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The FCC asked for comment on NECA’s proposed allocation factor fo...

The FCC asked for comment on NECA’s proposed allocation factor for inbound 2-line captioned phone calls for interstate telecom relay services (TRS) fund compensation for July 2005-June 2006. The FCC has told NECA to determine and apply, on an…

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annual basis, the allocation factor based on the relationship between interstate and international traditional TRS calls and all intrastate, interstate and international traditional TRS calls. This year, the FCC said, NECA calculated the factor by projecting traditional TRS minutes for 2005 and 2006 submitted by relay service providers in Jan. Interstate and international minutes for both years totaled 24,459,907; local, intrastate, interstate and international minutes totaled 213,957,866, the Commission said. Dividing interstate and international minutes by total minutes results in a proposed interstate factor of 11% for inbound 2-line captioned phone minutes, the FCC said. The other 89% of minutes would continue to be allocated to the intrastate jurisdiction, it said. Comments are due 15 days after publication in the Federal Register, replies 15 days later -- (03-123).