Streamline Lifeline Regulations, Don't Add New Ones, Lifeline Connects Coalition Says
The FCC should streamline the Lifeline program regulations, not add new ones, said an ex parte filing by the Lifeline Connects Coalition posted Monday in docket 11-42. The commission should also adopt a national third-party eligibility verification framework that builds…
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on current state eligibility databases, it said. The agency should reject TracFone's proposal to ban in-person handset distribution and commission payments to agents, the group said. "Those proposals are purely designed to remove TracFone’s competition from the market to the detriment of consumers who benefit from the outreach efforts commissions enable and who should be treated just like non-Lifeline customers who expect to receive a handset when they sign up for service," the group said.