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Eligible telecom carriers have until Dec. 23 to obtain...

Eligible telecom carriers have until Dec. 23 to obtain a valid household worksheet from Lifeline subscribers identified by the Universal Service Administrative Co. as an inter-company household duplicate, said an FCC public notice (http://bit.ly/1lu2x3F) posted Monday in docket 11-42. Detailing…

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a process to resolve inter-company duplicates identified during the National Lifeline Accountability Database loading process, the agency said USAC will give each ETC a list of its subscribers with inter-company household duplicates. ETCs must communicate with their subscribers, informing them only one person per household is eligible and obtaining a household worksheet, said the PN. It said subscribers who don’t complete a household worksheet must be de-enrolled from the Lifeline program by the ETC by Dec. 30. The ETC must update the NLAD about subscribers’ status by Dec. 31.