The Lifeline program is very important to many...
The Lifeline program is very important to many people, several public interest groups told then-FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Thursday, said an ex parte filing by Consumers Union (http://bit.ly/16Mj4XI). “Many diverse immigrant communities lack access to basic phone service and would…
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be unable to look for jobs, communicate with family, or use 9-1-1 services” without it, the filing said. Lifeline should be expanded to include broadband, said groups also including the Asian American Justice Center, Center for Digital Democracy, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, National Hispanic Media Coalition, National Urban League, New America Foundation and Utility Reform Network. The groups encouraged Clyburn to issue a rulemaking on inmate calling rates, and look into making more data available to the public on broadband adoption and complaints.