Tracfone Seeks Extension on Calif. LifeLine Comments
Tracfone wants 60 more days to comment on proposed changes to California LifeLine specific support amounts and minimum service standards (see 2311070045), the Verizon subsidiary said Tuesday. “Due to the Staff Proposal’s contemplation of substantial programmatic changes, extensive analysis of…
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data regarding usage of mobile and hotspot data by LifeLine customers, and lack of any impending deadline for implementing the potential changes, TracFone requests additional time to fully respond to the Staff Proposal,” the company said in an email distributed to the service list for docket R.20-02-008. The current comment period, with comments due Dec. 6 and replies Jan. 9, “coincides with the most active time of year for wireless industry sales,” when staff resources are limited, said Tracfone: Not to mention holiday vacations. The request received support including from AT&T, T-Mobile's Assurance Wireless, Cox, Telrite, the National Lifeline Association, The Utility Reform Network and a group of small local exchange carriers.