CenturyLink asked the FCC to stay its inmate...
CenturyLink asked the FCC to stay its inmate calling service (ICS) rules “pending a final decision by the courts,” in a petition filed Wednesday (http://bit.ly/18VEX7m). The order “imposes de facto rate-of-return regulation,” said CenturyLink, an ICS provider. CenturyLink said the…
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order is unlikely to survive judicial scrutiny because the commission didn’t provide a “reasoned justification” for applying its new regime to existing ICS contracts. The commission also based its decision to impose rate-of-return regulation on “a misreading of judicial precedent, invoking a presumption in favor of rate-of-return regulation that lacks a legal basis,” CenturyLink said. CenturyLink said it was the fourth ICS provider to request a stay pending judicial review. The FCC last month denied requests for stay by Global Tel Link and Securus.