Millions Could Lose Service if FCC 'Reforms' Lifeline Program

Coverage Type: 

[Editorial] The Benton Foundation has joined literally hundreds of organizations that are asking the Federal Communications Commission to ensure Lifeline voice and broadband service for low-income households, with minimal disruption to the people who depend on the program for a consistent connection to the world via their telephone or internet connection. We're asking that the FCC:

  • Keep the focus of Lifeline on people, not networks
  • Save Lifeline voice service for all consumers, not just for those in rural America
  • Avoid rationing Lifeline which will hurt the poor and hurt the country
  • Continue to allow free service packages

The future belongs to the connected. Any changes to Lifeline should connect more, not less, people to the essential communications networks of today. 


Millions Could Lose Service if FCC 'Reforms' Lifeline Program