FCC to Save the American Public Millions of Dollars

The Federal Communications Commission has adopted an order that will save the American public millions of dollars. Specifically, this action denies a request by Lifeline providers to extend the FCC’s COVID-era waiver of the program’s non-usage rules. In their requests, petitioners wanted the FCC to interpret the COVID-era waiver as extending one additional day because doing so would allow them to receive federal subsidies for an entire additional month, despite the continued non-usage of the service.