WB Waives EBB Enrollment Freeze With ACP Transition
The FCC Wireline Bureau waived certain emergency broadband benefit program rules requiring an enrollment freeze and consumer notifications as the commission transitions to the affordable connectivity program, said an order posted Friday in docket 20-445 (see 2111230058). The rule, originally…
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intended to "avoid claims volatility and to allow for more certain financial projections in the final months," required a freeze in EBB enrollments once the program's end date was announced. Waiving the rule "maximizes the time period" for enrollment during EBB's final weeks and "avoids unnecessarily limiting participation," the order said. The bureau also waived the 15- and 30-day consumer notice requirement that EBB is ending, given that enrolled households will continue receiving up to $50 monthly broadband subsidies during the 60-day transition to ACP, it said.