Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Providers Requesting Compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund Must Comply with Standard Rounding Principles in Measuring the Conversation Time of TRS Calls, 28046-28047 [E9-13718]
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Telecommunications Relay Service
(TRS) Providers Requesting
Compensation from the Interstate TRS
Fund Must Comply with Standard
Rounding Principles in Measuring the
Conversation Time of TRS Calls
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In this document, the
Commission states that current rules
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require that telecommunications relay
service (TRS) providers submitting
minutes for payment from the Interstate
TRS Fund must measure the
conversation time of each call to the
nearest second, and when the time for
such calls is expressed in decimal form,
the TRS provider must round the time
to the nearest tenth of a minute.
DATES: Effective June 12, 2009.
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Thomas Chandler, Consumer and
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s
document DA 09–211, released
February 10, 2009, addressing the
proper accounting practice to be
followed in rounding conversation
minutes when seeking compensation for
TRS service. Specifically, the Notice
states that TRS providers must comply
with standard rounding principles in
measuring the conversation time of TRS
calls. The full text of document DA 09–
211 and copies of any subsequently
filed documents in this matter will be
available for public inspection and
copying during regular business hours
at the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
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subsequently filed documents in this
matter may also be purchased from the
Commission’s duplicating contractor at
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
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Synopsis
It has come to the Commission’s
attention that certain
telecommunications relay service (TRS)
providers may be improperly
‘‘rounding’’ up conversation minutes
that are submitted to the Interstate TRS
Fund (Fund) each month for payment.
Providers submitting minutes for
payment from the Fund must measure
the conversation time of each call to the
nearest second, and when the time for
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such calls is expressed in decimal form,
the relay provider must round the time
to the nearest tenth of a minute, as set
forth below.
Specifically, when recording the
actual conversation time of each
completed call, the decimal
representation of the seconds should
extend to the tenth of a minute;
providers may round up only in those
circumstances where the number in the
hundredth place is 5 or greater. If the
number in the hundredth place is not 5
or greater, then the number in the tenth
place remains the same.
For example, if the actual
conversation time is 34 minutes and 46
seconds, the decimal expression to the
hundredth place is 34.76. Because the
number in the hundredth place (6) is 5
or greater, the number in the tenth place
(7) may be rounded up to 8. Therefore,
the actual conversation time, rounded to
the nearest one-tenth of a minute and
used to calculate total monthly
conversation minutes, is 34.8 minutes.
A contrasting example, where rounding
up is not appropriate, is a situation
where the actual conversation time is 34
minutes and 32 seconds. For such a call,
the decimal expression to the hundredth
place is 34.53. Because the number in
the hundredth place (3) is less than 5,
the number in the tenth place (5)
remains the same and the actual
conversation time used to calculate total
monthly conversation minutes is 34.5
minutes.
In determining total monthly
conversation minutes reported to NECA,
the total conversation minutes of all
eligible calls (each measured to the
tenth of a minute, as described above)
are added together. That total is then
rounded to the nearest whole number
(full minute) under the same principle
set forth above. For instance, if the total
number of conversation minutes for all
calls in a particular month is 123,456.8,
that figure would be rounded up to
123,457. Similarly, if the figure was
123,456.4, the figure would be rounded
down to 123,456.
For the past several years, NECA has
provided TRS providers with
instructions for reporting minutes.
Interstate Telecommunications Relay
Service (TRS) Fund Instructions for
Reporting Minutes Monthly (August
2004) (Reporting Instructions). In the
instructions, National Exchange Carrier
Association (NECA), the Fund
Administrator, advises that the actual
conversation time of each completed
call, in minutes/seconds or minutes/
tenths, should be recorded during the
month, and at the end of the month, the
provider should total the minutes/
seconds or minutes/tenths for each type
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of call by center and round to the
nearest whole number. The Reporting
Instructions provide examples of how
these rounding principles apply in
determining total monthly minutes,
stating that: (1) A monthly total of
180,095 minutes and 41 seconds, or
180,095.68 minutes, would be rounded
up to 180,096; and (2) a monthly total
of 2,437 minutes and 15 seconds, or
2,437.25 minutes, would be rounded
down to 2,437.
The examples set forth herein are
consistent with these instructions and
standard rounding principles.
Therefore, unless and until directed
otherwise, TRS providers should follow
the guidelines provided in NECA’s
Reporting Instructions and in this
document.
Federal Communications Commission.
Suzanne M. Tetreault,
Acting Deputy Chief, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CG Docket No. 03-123; DA 09-211]
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Providers Requesting
Compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund Must Comply with Standard
Rounding Principles in Measuring the Conversation Time of TRS Calls
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission states that current rules
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require that telecommunications relay service (TRS) providers
submitting minutes for payment from the Interstate TRS Fund must
measure the conversation time of each call to the nearest second, and
when the time for such calls is expressed in decimal form, the TRS
provider must round the time to the nearest tenth of a minute.
DATES: Effective June 12, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Chandler, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office at (202) 418-1475
(Voice), (202) 418-0597 (TTY), or e-mail at Thomas.Chandler@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's
document DA 09-211, released February 10, 2009, addressing the proper
accounting practice to be followed in rounding conversation minutes
when seeking compensation for TRS service. Specifically, the Notice
states that TRS providers must comply with standard rounding principles
in measuring the conversation time of TRS calls. The full text of
document DA 09-211 and copies of any subsequently filed documents in
this matter will be available for public inspection and copying during
regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals
II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. Document
DA 09-211 and copies of subsequently filed documents in this matter may
also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor at
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554.
Customers may contact the Commission's duplicating contractor at its
Web site https://www.bcpiweb.com or by calling 1-800-378-3160. To
request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail
to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). Document DA 09-211 can
also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at: https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro.
Synopsis
It has come to the Commission's attention that certain
telecommunications relay service (TRS) providers may be improperly
``rounding'' up conversation minutes that are submitted to the
Interstate TRS Fund (Fund) each month for payment. Providers submitting
minutes for payment from the Fund must measure the conversation time of
each call to the nearest second, and when the time for such calls is
expressed in decimal form, the relay provider must round the time to
the nearest tenth of a minute, as set forth below.
Specifically, when recording the actual conversation time of each
completed call, the decimal representation of the seconds should extend
to the tenth of a minute; providers may round up only in those
circumstances where the number in the hundredth place is 5 or greater.
If the number in the hundredth place is not 5 or greater, then the
number in the tenth place remains the same.
For example, if the actual conversation time is 34 minutes and 46
seconds, the decimal expression to the hundredth place is 34.76.
Because the number in the hundredth place (6) is 5 or greater, the
number in the tenth place (7) may be rounded up to 8. Therefore, the
actual conversation time, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a minute
and used to calculate total monthly conversation minutes, is 34.8
minutes. A contrasting example, where rounding up is not appropriate,
is a situation where the actual conversation time is 34 minutes and 32
seconds. For such a call, the decimal expression to the hundredth place
is 34.53. Because the number in the hundredth place (3) is less than 5,
the number in the tenth place (5) remains the same and the actual
conversation time used to calculate total monthly conversation minutes
is 34.5 minutes.
In determining total monthly conversation minutes reported to NECA,
the total conversation minutes of all eligible calls (each measured to
the tenth of a minute, as described above) are added together. That
total is then rounded to the nearest whole number (full minute) under
the same principle set forth above. For instance, if the total number
of conversation minutes for all calls in a particular month is
123,456.8, that figure would be rounded up to 123,457. Similarly, if
the figure was 123,456.4, the figure would be rounded down to 123,456.
For the past several years, NECA has provided TRS providers with
instructions for reporting minutes. Interstate Telecommunications Relay
Service (TRS) Fund Instructions for Reporting Minutes Monthly (August
2004) (Reporting Instructions). In the instructions, National Exchange
Carrier Association (NECA), the Fund Administrator, advises that the
actual conversation time of each completed call, in minutes/seconds or
minutes/tenths, should be recorded during the month, and at the end of
the month, the provider should total the minutes/seconds or minutes/
tenths for each type of call by center and round to the nearest whole
number. The Reporting Instructions provide examples of how these
rounding principles apply in determining total monthly minutes, stating
that: (1) A monthly total of 180,095 minutes and 41 seconds, or
180,095.68 minutes, would be rounded up to 180,096; and (2) a monthly
total of 2,437 minutes and 15 seconds, or 2,437.25 minutes, would be
rounded down to 2,437.
The examples set forth herein are consistent with these
instructions and standard rounding principles.
Therefore, unless and until directed otherwise, TRS providers
should follow the guidelines provided in NECA's Reporting Instructions
and in this document.
Federal Communications Commission.
Suzanne M. Tetreault,
Acting Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
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