Telephone service penetration hit 94.9 percent in the U.S. in Nov...
Telephone service penetration hit 94.9 percent in the U.S. in November, increasing 1.5 percent year-over-year, the FCC said in its triannual Telephone Subscribership report. Among states, Indiana had the lowest penetration with 88.6 percent. North Dakota was highest with…
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98.5 percent. Penetration for households with incomes under $20,000 was about 92.2 percent and for households with incomes over $60,000, 98.6 percent. A related annual FCC report added detail on the income breakdown. In March 2007, penetration among low-income households nationwide was 88.4 percent, compared with 94.6 percent overall. Since 1985, when the FCC created the Universal Service Fund LifeLine program to make telephone service affordable for low-income consumers, penetration has grown 8.4 percentage points. March 1997 to March 2007, states that provided a high level of LifeLine support had low-income penetration growth of 3.2 percent overall. States providing low support had a decline of 0.6 percent. Vermont had the highest low-income penetration with 94.9 percent. Arkansas was lowest with 79.4 percent. The reports used census data.