CenturyLink Asks DC Circuit To Stay FCC ICS Rate Caps
CenturyLink asked a court to stay FCC inmate calling service rate caps pending further judicial review of ICS rules. "A stay is warranted because the rate caps will prevent CenturyLink from recovering its reasonable cost of providing ICS in several…
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jurisdictions, in violation of the Communications Act's requirement that the Commission 'ensure that all [ICS] providers are fairly compensated,'" the telco said in a motion filed Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the consolidated case (Global Tel*Link v. FCC, No. 15-1461). CenturyLink said the rate caps violated the act in other ways, and the telco is likely to succeed on the merits of its challenge and suffer irreparable harm absent a stay. The telco said its bid for an administrative stay is still pending at the commission (see 1601280033), but it filed its request with the D.C. Circuit to meet its deadline for any further stay motions (see 1602040023). Global Tel*Link, Securus and Telmate previously filed stay requests (see 1601270029 and 1601290067).