The FCC has “clear statutory authority” under Sections...
The FCC has “clear statutory authority” under Sections 201, 205 and 276 of the Communications Act to adopt the proposed benchmark rates for interstate and intrastate inmate calling service calls, said Lee Petro of Drinker Biddle on behalf of Martha…
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Wright (http://bit.ly/1amG5Sw). Wright originally petitioned the FCC asking it to investigate high prison phone call rates. The FCC’s recent call for additional information on ancillary services “is necessary only because the parties with the information, i.e., the ICS providers, have steadfastly refused to respond to numerous FCC requests to provide this information,” Petro said. In light of ICS providers’ failure to provide detailed cost data requested of them, “these parties may no longer -- both reasonably and legally -- object to the FCC’s adoption of the Petitioners’ proposal based on the information submitted into the record,” he said. The FCC should adopt a benchmark rate of 7 cents per minute with no other charges or ancillary fees, he said.