How many people do you think are currently being helped by the Lifeline free government cell phone program? Go ahead. Take a guess. Five million? Seven million? Ten million?
$7 Billion Bonanza: The new FCC Broadband Connectivity Fund
Here’s big news from the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC recently approved a new $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund Program.
Sprint charges government for inactive Lifeline customers, FCC fines them $200 million for fraud
Sprint just got busted for fraud and fined $200 million by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC said it is the largest single penalty ever assessed to resolve an investigation and the money will go to the United States Treasury.
Universal broadband for everyone who needs it! Free government cell phones for everyone who needs them! Mark Lowenstein for FCC Commissioner!
We are halfway through 2021 and it seems like a good time to take a look at what steps the FCC should be taking with the ObamaPhone program.
Could your ObamaPhone arrive with malware installed?
Evidence suggests pre-installed malware plagues inexpensive phones around the world. That means some Lifeline phones could have malware installed when you receive one.
Assist Wireless exposes tens of thousands of customer IDs in five states
Tens of thousands of Assist Wireless Lifeline free government cell phone customers have had their personal customer documents exposed online.
USAC’s port freeze rule eliminated, ObamaPhone customers can now switch companies at any time
The FCC and USAC just eliminated their annoying “port freeze” rule — the regulation that required ObamaPhone users to stay with their service provider for up to one year even if they had really good reasons to switch to a different company.
Obama is gone, and now his enemies want to kill the Obama Phone program
We live in dangerous times. Enemies of the Obama Phone program make no secret of the fact that they want to kill this valuable, important program that helps millions of needy Americans.
Tired of high prices, poor service, awful customer service: Americans want municipal broadband service
Pew surveyed more than 4,000 people and 70% of them said their local governments should be allowed to build their own high-speed networks if their other choices are “too expensive or not good enough.”
Federal Communications Commission aborts Lifeline Broadband program
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, no Lifeline Broadband to no Lifeline Broadband. The Federal Communications Commission has killed the Lifeline Broadband plan it spent years developing — before it actually got off the ground.