The FCC has thrown its own Lifeline Broadband program, subsidized internet to America’s neediest residents, into complete disarray.
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Lifeline Internet
Cheap internet is here: 22 companies to offer Lifeline Broadband
It’s taken a while. It’s been a long wait. But twenty-two companies have now petitioned the FCC to become Lifeline Broadband service providers and are currently in various stages of approval.
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Major announcement: FCC introduces Lifeline Broadband
The FCC expanded the Lifeline Assistance free government cell phone program and it now includes internet service. In fact, the FCC is changing the whole emphasis of the Lifeline program from free government cell phones to Lifeline Broadband.
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When will the Federal Communications Commission finally approve Lifeline internet?
The FCC has done a whole lot of talking about Lifeline Broadband, but has taken precious little action to make it actually happen.
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Is the FCC finally ready to announce its long-awaited Lifeline Broadband program?
It appears that the Federal Communications Commission is finally on the verge of overhauling the Lifeline Assistance program, and it is widely anticipated that one of the biggest changes will be to include Lifeline Broadband
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Why aren’t rural Americans signing up for high-speed internet?
Broadband is rapidly expanding into rural America, but the Americans who live in these out-of-the-way areas aren’t exactly knocking down the doors of telecom providers to demand the service.
Read the full article →A BOLD PREDICTION: Lifeline Broadband will be here by the end of 2014
We predict that a nationwide roll-out of Lifeline Broadband (Lifeline Internet) will be announced before the end of 2014. Plus, five other details.
Read the full article →FCC and Congress helping low income Americans get high-speed internet
FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn and Rep. Doris Matsui recently joined forces to promote affordable high speed internet service for needy Americans.
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Coming Soon!
Free Government Internet Phones
In the noble quest to bridge the digital divide and get all Americans online, the FCC will be soon expanding the Lifeline program to provide internet-enabled smartphones that come with a mobile internet
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Is this the beginning of free government internet?
This is a pilot program that will fir the first ti,e provide low income Americans with smart phones with which they can access the internet.
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