Local VoIP Numbers Can't Be Blocked by Inmate Calling Providers, Wireline Bureau Says

摘要

Inmate calling service provider Securus lost a battle at the FCC Thursday. The Wireline Bureaundenied its request to be able to block VoIP calls to services such as ConsCallHome, which uses VoIP routingnto offer numbers local to the prison, reducing costs to make the call. Acting Chairwoman MignonnClyburn commended the bureau’s order, and called such services “innovative” and likely to reduce recidivism.n“Call blocking is largely antithetical to the fundamental goal of ubiquity and reliability of the telecommunicationsnnetwork,” said the order (http://fcc.us/14MlyDE).