USF Strike Force 'Actively Investigating' Lifeline Problems, Wheeler Tells Vitter
The FCC’s USF strike force is “actively investigating Lifeline service providers suspected of violating program rules and federal law,” Chairman Tom Wheeler told Sen. David Vitter, R-La., a prominent critic of the Lifeline program. Wheeler described how Lifeline disbursements have…
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fallen in recent years along with changes to the program, writing to Vitter in an April 21 letter released Tuesday.