Companies Oppose ITTA Petition on TRS Recovery Fee Line Item
Enterprise Users Commenters, representing dozens of companies, met with staff from the FCC Wireline and Consumer and Governmental Affairs bureaus to oppose ITTA’s petition for a declaratory ruling, said a posting Thursday in docket 03-123. ITTA seeks a ruling that…
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carriers are permitted to recover telecom relay service fund contributions through a cost recovery fee line item on consumer bills (see 1905070038). The companies said it would be an “egregious violation” of the Americans with Disabilities Act “to stigmatize disabled individuals as a ‘cost burden’ to society by identifying or referencing the cost of any ADA service on consumers’ bills.” They objected to ITTA’s use of the term “non-specific line items,” saying the FCC doesn’t differentiate between specific and non-specific line items. Collectively called Enterprise Users Commenters, the companies include 3M, MasterCard Technologies and MediaNews Group. The group in the docket also reported other FCC meetings, including with Commissioner Mike O'Reilly and Travis Litman, chief of staff to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. ITTA didn't comment right away.