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FCC report said 87.6% of low-income households had telephones, co...

FCC report said 87.6% of low-income households had telephones, compared with 94.5% of all households, as of March 2001. It said FCC’s Linkup and Lifeline programs had positive impact on penetration rates, with more improvement in states that took…

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steps to qualify for those federal programs. Report said there was average 2.4% gain in penetration rates among low-income households 1997-2001, compared with no improvement in states that didn’t take advantage of federal programs. Penetration rates among low- income households ranged from high of 97.6% in Me. to 77.5% in Kan., report said.