Free Press Asks Backers to Tell FCC Not to 'Gut' Lifeline, as Hurricane Season Nears
Free Press urged supporters to tell the FCC to back off Lifeline USF proposals as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands prepare for another hurricane season. "The plan to gut Lifeline would cut off hundreds of thousands of people…
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living in hurricane-stricken areas like Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands," said a release. "To disconnect people still struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria would be unconscionable. Tell the FCC to ditch its plan and leave Lifeline alone," it said, linking to an online form and portal for submissions to the agency.