Groups Urge FCC to Boost Lifeline Support During COVID-19
Increase Lifeline support, some 250 groups asked the FCC Monday. United Church of Christ, Public Knowledge, NAACP and others want to "immediately prohibit disconnections of Lifeline consumers," require providers to offer unlimited voice and texting plans and commensurate voice-only financial…
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support, and create an emergency Lifeline broadband benefit. "The Commission has ample precedent to take this action," the groups said, citing actions taken after Hurricane Katrina. Eliminate the non-usage rule and continue to waive recertification and reverification requirements "for the full length of the emergency," they said. Give low-income households $50 monthly (see 2003230042) "to fill in the gaps once the initial corporate commitments for 60 days of free service end," they asked.