Ind. Commissioners Free AT&T of Lifeline Requirements
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission granted an AT&T petition to relinquish its eligible telecom carrier (ETC) designations statewide. AT&T may stop enrolling new Lifeline customers there within five days of Wednesday’s order (docket 41052 ETC 39 S2), which was supported…
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by all five Indiana commissioners. "There are at least three ETCs serving in the areas that AT&T requests to relinquish, AT&T will provide advance notice to affected customers, and the Lifeline customers served by AT&T will have the option to continue to be served by a different ETC offering the Lifeline discount, or by AT&T without the Lifeline discount,” the Indiana URC said. “If an affected Lifeline customer cannot find an alternative Lifeline provider due to poor wireless coverage in the customer’s area, AT&T will provide the customer a courtesy Lifeline credit.”