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IP CTS Startup InnoCaption Seeks FCC Rate Freeze, at Least for Small, Emerging Providers

InnoCaption (MezmoCorp) said an IP captioned telephone service compensation rate should be kept at $1.95 per minute, not cut by 10 percent each of the next two years, as an FCC draft order would do. Alternatively, the IP CTS startup…

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"requests the Commission revise the draft item to establish interim tiers to allow small and emerging providers an opportunity to compete and provide innovative technology," said its filing posted Friday in docket 13-24. InnoCaption requested a $1.95 rate freeze for providers that have 5 million monthly minutes or less. IP CTS providers ClearCaptions (here) and CaptionCall (here) pressed their arguments with FCC officials in meetings before lobbying restrictions took effect for this Thursday's commissioner meeting with the draft on the agenda.