YourTel and Nexus separately endorsed a TracFone petition asking the...
YourTel and Nexus separately endorsed a TracFone petition asking the FCC to require eligible telecom carriers to retain a copy of the underlying documentation needed to determine program-based Lifeline eligibility. TracFone noted in its reply comments every commenter but one…
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supported its petition (http://xrl.us/bnj3tg). Low-cost carrier YourTel said it has “long supported the retention of proof documentation as part of the Lifeline applicant eligibility process” and “therefore agrees with TracFone’s position that during this interim period (until a national eligibility database can be successfully implemented) the Commission should regard the retention of proof documentation as an improvement to the overall Lifeline enrollment procedure” (http://xrl.us/bnj3sy). “A broad array of ETCs -- including some of the most active ETCs in the Commission’s Lifeline Reform docket, such as Virgin Mobile, Telrite Corporation, and TAG Mobile -- agree that the proposed rule change is necessary to reduce economic incentives to squander Lifeline funds and to eliminate the regulatory uncertainty inherent in the current system,” Nexus said (http://xrl.us/bnj3s4). “The TracFone Petition itself, bolstered by a strong consensus of opinion among large and small ETCs presents a solid record in support of the proposed rule change.”