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Ajit also undid the new tariffs that were about to be implemented for jails and prisons to avoid some inmates paying $50 for a 15 minute call to their family. Fuck Ajit.

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I'm all for hating on Ajit, but from a cursory look at the prison case, the FCC just never really had the jurisdiction to regulate intrastate calls and repeatedly lost in court on that question. There was already a 50 cent cap on interstate calls under Pai, and this year under Rosenworcel it's been lowered to 14-21 cents[1].

Am I missing something?

[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/ajit-pai-urges-s...

[1] https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2021/sep/1/fcc-takes-fu...

That he still probably did it to benefit one or more companies.

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