Topic
Lifeline Program
38 published works
CommLaw Monitor
Client Advisory: Lifeline Modernization and Transition from Voice to Broadband
By Kelley Drye
At its open meeting on March 31, 2016 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) voted along party lines (3-2) to adopt a Lifeline Modernization Order implementing significant changes to…
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TerraCom & YourTel Reach $3.5 Million Settlement With FCC over Alleged Privacy, Data Security, and Lifeline Violations
By Kelley Drye
On July 9th, the Enforcement Bureau (EB) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) reached a $3.5 million Consent Decree to resolve an investigation into whether TerraCom, Inc. (TerraCom)…
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FCC Adopts Lifeline Item
By Kelley Drye
Yesterday, the FCC adopted a Second Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order to comprehensively restructure and modernize the Lifeline…
CommLawBlog
Some, Maybe All, Remaining Effective Dates in Lifeline Reform Set
By FHH Law
With some further fine-tuning, it looks like the rules governing the FCC's revised Lifeline program are in effect or scheduled to take effect shortly (with maybe an exception or two).
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Update: Comment Deadlines, Some Effective Dates in Lifeline Rulemaking Set
By FHH Law
The Commission's magnum opus setting out new rules for the Lifeline program - and proposing more new rules for that program - has been published in the Federal Register.
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FCC Tightens up Lifeline Program
By FHH Law
Looking to rein in fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal Lifeline program, the FCC has pulled out almost every bureaucratic tool in the box.
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FCC Reforms Lifeline Program to Prevent Duplicative Subsidies
By Kelley Drye
On June 17, 2011, the FCC adopted a Report and Order seeking to prevent waste and abuse by prohibiting duplicative Lifeline program subsidies for low-income consumers already receiving support. The…
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Joint Board Weighs In On USF Lifeline, Link Up
By FHH Law
The Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service has adopted a Recommended Decision concerning implementation of the Low Income component of the Universal Service Fund.