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The FCC rules say the costs of IP CTS are recovered from all subscribers for every interstate and intrastate service.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“shall be recovered from all subscribers for every interstate and intrastate service”
47 CFR 64.604: Mandatory minimum standards for telecommunications relay services, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Code of Federal Regulations, via Legal Information Institute, n.d., Cost recovery, 47 CFR 64.604(c)(5).
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the mechanism behind the federal fund: the cost is spread across phone subscribers, not charged to the captioned-phone user per call.
- What it does not show
- The regulation's cost-recovery text is long and has exceptions for state programs, so read the full section for a specific case.