Incarcerated Phone Service Providers Urge CPUC to Reject New Rate Cap Ahead of Vote
Written By Alejandra Cruz
Source:Communications Daily |By Philip Athey
Prison phone service providers called for the California Public Utilities Commission to reject a new rule that would lower the cap on rates they can charge for intrastate calls by inmates in the state. The final vote on the rule is set for CPUC's March 19 meeting.
Securus argued that it did submit some cost data that was previously filed with the FCC while the federal regulator was working on national price caps for IPCS, but the accuracy of that data has been questioned, including by the Utilities Reform Network (TURN). “By its own terms, the PD [proposed decision says] that this submission was not sufficiently detailed to substantiate Securus’ claims,”TURN’s filing said.
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