The FCC backpeddling on its historic vote has been attributed to the intense legal and political pressure from IPCS providers, corrections departments and law enforcement associations. Rosenworcel, Starks, Simington and Commissioner Anna Gomez (D) had all voted to approve the IPCS order in 2024. Smaller jails are the least profitable facilities for IPCS providers. It means the state will cover the cost of Securus phone calls, rather than incarcerated people and their families. Meanwhile the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, citing the FCC extension, has already doubled the price of phone calls.