The FCC would be acting in an arbitrary and capricious...
The FCC would be acting in an arbitrary and capricious manner in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act if it doesn’t seek an “economically feasible rate plan that supports [a] functionally equivalent” Video Relay Service (VRS), Sorenson Communications told…
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aides to Chairman Julius Genachowski. That’s according to an ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bnznru). The VRS rate proposals by the telecom relay service (TRS) fund administrator were based on “an out-of-date, rate-of-return regulation-based economic model that yields rates that are not viable for the provision of VRS,” Sorenson said. For example, the proposed ultimate rate of $3.40 per minute, and the transitional Tier 3 rates, are “substantially below the costs of any VRS provider,” the company said. “Pushing Sorenson or any other VRS provider into insolvency endangers VRS service itself.” Sorenson criticized proposals to mandate the use of a single software-based VRS application, and to transform the TRS database into a single communications provider that verifies all VRS users. These proposals would “deprive VRS consumers of competition, choice, and innovation,” the company said.