Six consumer, veterans and rural interest groups said...
Six consumer, veterans and rural interest groups said Wednesday they want the FCC to grant TracFone’s petition to amend the rules for the Lifeline wireless phone subsidy program to bar same-day distribution of phones, arguing that would prevent potential abuse…
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of the system. TracFone’s petition asks the FCC to require eligible carriers to ship handsets via U.S. mail or an approved delivery service after the carrier verifies an applicant’s eligibility. Five groups -- Community Action Partnership, Consumer Action, Maryland Creating Assets, Savings and Hope Campaign, the National Association of American Veterans and the National Consumers League -- said in a letter that TracFone’s recommendations “would both prevent and detect abuses while ensuring that wireless Lifeline-supported service remains available for those who qualify” (http://bit.ly/19iMc7w). National Grange said in a separate letter that it supports TracFone’s petition, which is in keeping with the FCC’s “focus on common sense and already effective reforms, while preserving the benefits of the program and fulfilling the mandate of affordable telecommunications access for all Americans” (http://bit.ly/19iRKPi).