States have a role in determining whether households with incomes higher...
States have a role in determining whether households with incomes higher than 135 percent of federal poverty guidelines meet income eligibility, TracFone said in a filing on proposed changes to the FCC Lifeline program. TracFone also encouraged the FCC to…
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allow residents of homeless shelters to be eligible for support. The company has been designated as an eligible telecom carrier in 31 states, it noted. TracFone also said wireless carriers must remain eligible. “Rules which differ among ETCs and among their Lifeline customers based on technology (e.g. wireline vs. wireless) or based on service offerings … have no place in a nationally uniform Lifeline program funded by the federal Universal Service Fund."