AT&T continues to push Lifeline proposal, wants FCC to include Internet services in program

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In a new, lengthy filing with the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T reiterated its proposed changes to the agency's Lifeline program. Specifically, AT&T urged the FCC to offload most of the management functions of the program to the Universal Service Administrative Company, and to also allow Lifeline recipients to use the program to pay for their Internet access, whether that's wireless or wireline. AT&T's filing detailed a meeting between a handful of company executives and various FCC officials, where AT&T said that it "strongly supports Lifeline reform that is designed to give eligible users greater autonomy and remove service providers from all program administration duties, including enrollment and eligibility verification, delivering benefits to Lifeline consumers, performing annual recertification and de-enrolling consumers from the program."


AT&T continues to push Lifeline proposal, wants FCC to include Internet services in program