Don't Classify All ICS Calls as Interstate: Pay Tel

Pay Tel asked the FCC to reconsider “effectively classifying” all inmate calling services calls as “jurisdictionally 'interstate'” because it could cause a “potential, and presumably unintended, adverse consequence.” Pay Tel's analysis was posted Thursday in docket 12-375 and said those in 83% of about 3,800 facilities would face an average increase of more than 26% in their per minute rate for calls. Commissioners are expected to vote on new interim ICS rate caps during their Thursday meeting (see 2105120031).