Hamilton Relay spoke with aides to FCC commissioners Mignon Clyburn...
Hamilton Relay spoke with aides to FCC commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel Tuesday about improvements to the Telecommunications Relay Service (http://xrl.us/boaek6). The TRS provider agrees with consumer groups that adopting a 70 dB standard of hearing loss for eligibility…
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is “unsupportable in either the record or the scientific literature,” it said. Hamilton opposes any eligibility standard tied to decibel loss; rather, consumers could have additional eligibility options to receive a free Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service phone if they provide a certification, Hamilton said. Third-party certification is unnecessary when consumers need to pay a sufficient amount for an IP CTS telephone, Hamilton said. He said “$99 is a sufficient price point to confirm that the user legitimately needs the service while also helping to offset the cost of the phone.” Hamilton said it could quickly implement a “default-off requirement,” in which its phones’ caption feature be defaulted to the off position. The company opposes referral fees, kickbacks and other marketing practices that are “inconsistent with precedent and good government of the TRS Fund,” it said.