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Opponents of Petition Seeking TRS Order Mischaracterize It, ITTA Says

ITTA representatives and CenturyLink said submissions opposing the association’s petition (see 1905010181) mischaracterize the declaratory ruling it seeks. The petition, they told the FCC Wireline and Consumer and Governmental Affairs bureaus, seeks a ruling that “it is and always has…

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been permissible for a carrier recovering [Telecommunications Relay Service] TRS Fund contributions via an end user cost recovery fee line item (or the like) on customers’ bills to include TRS, among other references, in the line item description,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 03-123. It said an order should make clear that carriers “should not double recover their TRS costs through both rates and non-specific line items” but they could recover some costs through rates and some through a non-specific line item.