The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates oppo...
The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates opposed a forbearance petition by Consumer Cellular, the latest prepaid wireless provider seeking an FCC exemption so it can take part in the USF Lifeline program. NASUCA “fully supports increasing the…
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options available to Lifeline-eligible consumers,” but “it does not appear that the Commission can find that forbearance is in the public interest here without more specificity as to how CCI plans to apply the federal support it will receive upon designation” as an eligible telecom carrier, the association said.