The FCC has the power to address intrastate...
The FCC has the power to address intrastate inmate calling service (ICS) rates in its ongoing rulemaking, docket 12-275, said attorney Lee Petro of Drinker Biddle on behalf of Martha Wright, who filed the original petition seeking FCC help in…
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lowering ICS rates. “There should be no reasonable question” on this, said Petro (http://bit.ly/11oa9IL). “The FCC directly called for comment on its ability to encourage states to change their intrastate ICS policies, and asked for comment on the sources of FCC authority to address ICS rates.” The adoption of a benchmark ICS intrastate rate “fits squarely within the well-established ‘logical outgrowth’ test in accordance with FCC precedent,” said Petro.