Comment letters to the FCC with supporting exhibits
On January 12, 2015, we submitted several comment letters to the Federal Communications Commission. While the letters were successfully submitted, the FCC's website choked on many of our evidentiary exhibits, so we are archiving them here:
- FCC should reject Securus, Global Tel*Link, and Telmate's joint proposal
- Prison and jail phone companies ignoring state unclaimed funds laws and seizing customer money
- Exhibit 1 Select complaints to the Better Business Bureau and Consumer Affairs about GTL seizing customer funds
- Exhibit 2 Receipts and Account Statements for Peter Wagner's account with GTL showing GTL seizing funds
- Exhibit 3 Open records response from Arizona
- Exhibit 4 Open records response from California
- Exhibit 5 Open records response from Florida
- Exhibit 6 Open records response from Illinois
- Exhibit 7 Open records response from Massachusetts
- Exhibit 8 Open records response from Michigan
- Exhibit 9 Open records response from New York
- Exhibit 10 Open records response from Ohio
- Exhibit 11 Open records response from Pennsylvania
- Exhibit 12 Open records response from Texas
- Exhibit 13 Open records response from Virginia
- Exhibit 14 Open records response from Washington
- Fees continue to increase the cost of calls
- Exhibit 1 Additional Questions: Step 3 Best and Final Offer for Dallas County, Texas
- The need to regulate in-state rates
- Single-call programs run around regulation
- Exhibit 1 PayNow Website Homepage, Pricing and FAQ
- Exhibit 2 North Sky Capital, Q2 2013 Investment Update
- Exhibit 3 Genesee MI Securus RFP
- Exhibit 4 Genesee MI Securus Contract
- Exhibit 5 Shawnee KS Securus RFP
- Exhibit 6 Shawnee KS Securus Contract
- Exhibit 7 Collect2Card™ Pricing
- Exhibit 8 Collect2Phone™ Pricing
- Exhibit 9 GTL DSI El Paso Amendment No 2
- Exhibit 10 Telmate Lane OR RFP
- Exhibit 11 Genesee MI Securus Commission Statement April 2013
- Exhibit 12 IC Solutions response to Baldwin AL ICSolutions RFP, Tab 6 pp. 4-5
- Exhibit 13 Complaints to the Better Business Bureau about Securus single-call products
- Exhibit 14 Executive Summary to Securus RFP response to Wayne County MI
- The need for advanced communication services in prisons and jails
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