TASA Advisory Committee Meeting Welcome TASA Advisory Committee Meeting October 31, 2017

AGENDA 1:30 – 1:45 Reading of Meeting Notice – Pamela Page Initial Meeting Notes – Curtis Williams Introductions – Curtis Williams Participant Appearances 1:45 – 2:15 PSC and FCC Updates - Curtis Williams and Jeff Bates 2:15 – 2:45 FTRI 2016-2017 Annual Report - James Forstall 2:45 – 3:00 Break 3:00 – 3:30 Sprint Relay Update – Jeff Branch Relay Conference Captioning (RCC) TRS and CapTel Statistics Quality Report Outreach Report Hurricane Update 3:30 – 4:00 Discussion/Adjourn Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

Initial Meeting Notes A transcript will be made of today’s meeting and provided to all TASA Committee Members. Please make sure your microphone is on when speaking. The green light should be on. Please silence your cell phones during today’s meeting. Please state your name before speaking so we know who is making comments for the record. Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017 Tom D’Angelo Florida Association of the Deaf, Inc. 128 Bay Bridge Drive Saint Augustine Beach, FL 32080 (904) 392-5746 tomdangelo5@gmail.com Rick Kottler, Executive Director Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services    Of the Treasure Coast, Inc. 1016 NE Jensen Beach Blvd. Jensen Beach, FL 34957 772-334-2233 (Voice) 866-229-8886 (Toll free) 772-334-2299 (Fax) rick.kottler@dhhstc.org Chris Littlewood Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing. 12306 91st Terrace North Seminole, FL 33772 (727) 498-2059 cslittle@gate.net Cheryl Rhodes Florida Deaf/Blind Association 500 Northfield Lane The Villages, FL 32162 (352) 350-5333 – VP & Voice number cheryl2rhodes@gmail.com Maryrose Sirianni BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., d/b/a AT&T Florida 150 South Monroe Street Suite 400 Tallahassee, Florida 32301 (850) 577-5553 Fax (850) 222-8640 Maryrose.Sirianni@bellsouth.com Timothy D. Wata 12514 Cragside Lane Windermere, FL 34786 (407) 347-6337 TWATA@cfl.rr.com Elizabeth Bradin CenturyLink 315 S. Calhoun St. Suite 500 Tallahassee, FL 32333 Cell: 321-508-2896 Office: 850-599-1144 elizabeth.bradin@centurylink.com Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

PSC Contacts Curtis Williams, Regulatory Analyst IV Office of Telecommunications (850) 413-6924 - Voice (850) 413-6925 - FAX cjwillia@psc.state.fl.us Jeff Bates, Research Associate Office of Telecommunications (850) 413-6538 – Voice (850) 413-6539 – Fax jbates@psc.state.fl.us Pamela H. Page, Attorney Office of the General Counsel (850) 413-6214 - Voice (850) 413-6215 - Fax phpage@psc.state.fl.us Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

PSC & FCC Updates since April 26, 2017 TASA Meeting Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide Relay Service beginning March 1, 2018 - Docket No. 20170039-TP The current Sprint Relay Contract expires February 28, 2018. On May 11, 2017 the PSC released the RFP to provide relay service in Florida. On September 7, 2017, the PSC voted to award a new three-year contract to provide relay service to Sprint beginning March 1, 2018. PSC Updates Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

PSC Updates FTRI Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Budget - Docket No. 20140029-TP The PSC reduced the monthly telecommunications relay service (TRS) surcharge by one penny to $0.10 per month for Fiscal Year 2017/2018, effective October 1, 2017 and required the incumbent local exchange companies, competitive local exchange companies, and shared tenant providers to bill the reduced surcharge. The PSC required FTRI to reduce its proposed Fiscal Year 2017/2018 budget by $117,954. Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

Order DA 17-445 Released May 10, 2017 The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) sought comment on the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund administrator’s proposed provider compensation rates, funding requirement, and carrier contribution factor for the period from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, for TRS compensated by the Interstate TRS Fund (Fund). Comments were due June 1, 2017. Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

DA 17-642 Adopted on June 30, 2017 This order adopts per-minute provider compensation rates for telecommunications relay services (TRS) that are supported by the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services Fund (TRS Fund, or Fund) for the Fund Year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018. This order also determines, for the 2017-18 Fund Year, the total size of the TRS Fund and the contribution factor, i.e., the percentage of interstate and international end user revenue telecommunications carriers and other covered service providers must contribute to the TRS Fund. Rolka Loube revised its proposal to a total funding requirement of $1,302,171,828 and a carrier contribution factor of 0.02244. Effective July 1, 2017, the per-minute compensation rates for interstate and Internet-based TRS, became: (1) for interstate traditional TRS, $2.9186; (2) for interstate speech-to-speech relay service (STS), $4.0496; (3) for interstate captioned telephone service (CTS) and Internet Protocol captioned telephone service (IP CTS), $1.9467; and (4) for IP Relay, $1.3350. Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017 10

FCC 17-86 Released July 6, 2017 In this Report and Order, the FCC adopted a four-year provider compensation plan for video relay service (VRS), effective from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2021. The FCC also amended the rules to permit server-based routing of VRS and point-to-point video calls and provide continuing authority for the TRS Fund administrator to continue to request funding for research and development. Finally, the FCC deleted those portions of the rules providing for a neutral video communications service platform. Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

DA 17-697 Released July 19, 2017 Under the FCC’s rules, each certified state or territory may file an application for renewal of its certification one year prior to expiration, i.e., beginning July 25, 2017. Current certifications will expire on July 25, 2018. Although there is no prescribed deadline for filing, the FCC requested that renewal applications be filed no later than October 1, 2017, to give the Commission sufficient time to review and rule on the applications prior to expiration of the existing certifications. The PSC filed Florida’s 2017 Recertification Application with the FCC on September 28, 2017. The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau will release for public comment each application for renewal and will review each application to determine whether the state TRS program has sufficiently documented that it meets or exceeds all of the applicable operational, technical and functional mandatory minimum standards set forth in section 64.604 of the FCC’s rules. Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

DA 17-802 Released August 24, 2017 The FCC adopted a Report and Order adopting compensation rates for video relay service (VRS) and amended its rules to permit server-based routing for VRS and point-to-point calls, authorized the continued use of money from the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund for research and development, and eliminated rules requiring the development of a neutral video communications service platform. The FCC ordered the Report and Order and amended rules become effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register on August 22, 2017. The Report and Order and final rules became effective September 21, 2017. In the Order, the FCC reestablished the effectiveness of the rule incorporating the VRS Interoperability Profile. Specifically, the Order requires providers to comply with the VRS Provider Interoperability Profile within 120 days after the date of publication of a summary of the Order in the Federal Register, which will be December 20, 2017. Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

DA 17-980 Released October 6, 2017 The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the FCC seeks comment on the petition filed by the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Council (TRS Advisory Council) on September 21, 2017, seeking reconsideration of the 2017 VRS Rate Order to compensate video relay service (VRS) providers for an eight-month trial of skills-based routing. The petition requests these rates be increased to $5.29 per conversation minute, subject to the providers’ submission of actual cost data during the trial period. In addition, the petition seeks reconsideration of the deadlines for VRS providers to notify the FCC of their intent to participate in and to commence such trial. The FCC invited interested parties to file and serve comments on the petition and reply comments on or before the dates specified above. All filings must reference CG Docket Nos. 10-51 and 03-123. Florida PSC TASA Meeting – October 31, 2017

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