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Consumers will use 30 percent more video relay service minutes in...

Consumers will use 30 percent more video relay service minutes in the July 2008-June 2009 rate year than in the same period last year, the National Exchange Carrier Association said in filing its annual telecommunications relay services fund report…

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to the FCC. NECA, the Interstate TRS Fund Administrator, expects consumers to use more than 103 million VRS minutes and about 74 million IP relay minutes. NECA projects a $805.5 million TRS fund, including $657 million for VRS. NECA urged a carrier contribution factor of 0.01012, set by dividing the $805.5 million fund by $79.6 billion in calendar 2007 interstate and international revenue. Pending FCC approval, NECA will start billing carriers and disbursing funds to relay service providers this July.