Kentucky Lifeline ETCs Would Give More Data With More State USF Money
The Kentucky Public Service Commission should increase USF payments to Lifeline eligible telecom carriers to provide more data during and after the COVID-19 emergency, said Q Link Wireless and five other ETCs. The ETCs responded Tuesday to a May 11…
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order in case 2016-00059 seeking comment on temporarily increasing USF compensation in exchange for increased minutes or data during the pandemic (see 2005210042). Several Kentucky ETCs are providing unlimited voice and data free, but services are to expire between May 31 and June 30 unless extended by network operator partners, they said. Over the past 45 days, the Kentucky ETCs had a 35% increase in voice and 37% in data compared with monthly average usage by Lifeline customers, they said.