TracFone Opposes Voucher-Based System for Lifeline
A voucher-based system “would be inappropriate for Lifeline,” said TracFone CEO F.J. Pollak and others from the low-cost carrier in meetings with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and others at the FCC, said filings posted in docket 11-42. It would “impose unnecessary…
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burdens” on low-income households in order to continue to receive Lifeline service, the carrier said. TracFone also counseled against limiting the program to those enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one proposal being examined by the FCC.