Finding low-cost internet is becoming increasingly more difficult with rising prices and decreased support for low-income families. The Affordable Connectivity Program was shuttered in June 2024, ...

The Lifeline program has helped millions of Americans gain access to critical phone service through its free and discounted programs. Unfortunately, the benefits of Lifeline are often overlooked due ...

The benefits of the Federal Lifeline Assistance Program are available to people in every state, and to those who meet the program's requirements. Those who are eligible can apply through an approved ...

In trying to find ways to stretch your dollars further every month, you must find financial relief and take advantage of breaks where you can. The FCC introduced its Affordable Connectivity Program ...

Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), proposed implementing a budget cap on the commission’s program that helps Americans with low incomes pay for broadband and phone ...

{mosads}This is one of many misleading characterizations of the Lifeline program that are poisoning meaningful discourse on how to reform the essential program. House Republicans are calling to ...

Life, liberty and … free cellphone service? The questionable “Obamaphone” program is still plagued by waste, fraud and abuse. Yet another U.S. Government Accountability Office audit has found ...

The Federal Communications Commission’s low-income program, known formally as Lifeline, has spent billions of ratepayer dollars to provide phone service for poorer Americans. Because of significant ...

ELIGIBLE. SHANE? >> The Reporter: FELICIA, IT'S A $3.2 BILLION FEDERAL PROGRAM SET ASIDE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO MAYBE HAVE LOST THEIR JOB OR WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING DURING THE PANDEMIC GET BACK ON THEIR ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK--(Marketwired - November 13, 2013) - In a decision announced today by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), the state's Public Utility Division has determined that TerraCom, Inc ...

The Great Recession has hit our community hard, but for 6,000 people, it has been brutal. These people are on the Disability Lifeline program, which provides cash and medical assistance to disabled ...