TracFone offered the FCC further data, based on its experience,...
TracFone offered the FCC further data, based on its experience, on why it believes tightening the rules for eligible telecom carrier enrollment could cut Universal Service Fund costs by $760 million annually. The comments came in a call with Wireline…
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Bureau officials (http://xrl.us/bmgmch). TracFone said it estimates requiring Lifeline customers to furnish their date of birth and Social Security number would cut costs by $192 million, requiring ETCs to make Lifeline customers self-certify their continuing Lifeline eligibility annually would mean another $270 million in savings, and disconnecting customers who do not use the service for 60 days or who do not pay their bills for 60 days would cut $230 million. TracFone explained that because it imposes eligibility requirements, the company rejects one in five applicants, de-enrolls 26 percent of its Lifeline customers for failure to self-certify continuing Lifeline eligibility each year and cuts off service to another 24 percent under its 60-day non-usage policy.