TracFone Wireless’s plans for its proposed low-income broadband service have...
TracFone Wireless’s plans for its proposed low-income broadband service have changed, the carrier said in a filing Monday. TracFone filed in response to FCC questions about its application to participate in the Broadband Adoption Lifeline Pilot Program. TracFone had applied…
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July 2 for the program, proposing to offer broadband to 15,000 of its existing customers in Florida, Maryland and Wisconsin (CD July 6 p12). Under the proposed program, those customers would receive a Wi-Fi hotspot device to be used with existing equipment, according to the new filing. “TracFone advises the Commission that it will not offer its broadband plan to 15,000 current customers,” the carrier said. “TracFone has no information on the number of people in the low-income population who have equipment to use with the service offered. Therefore, TracFone is unable to estimate the take rate for its broadband service. TracFone will, however, conduct marketing for its broadband service to achieve its goal of obtaining 100 participants in each of the three states.” TracFone also clarified, among other things, how it would spend the $96,000 in funding it asked for in its application (http://xrl.us/bnnh86).