Lifeline is a government benefit program that provides discounts on monthly telephone or broadband service for eligible low-income consumers to help ensure they have the opportunities and security ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Special LifeLine rates for low-income telephone customers that had been ...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai recently announced a couple of changes to the Lifeline program, which supplies phone and broadband services to people without the income to pay for ...

What about lifeline service? Governments have a history of overestimating how many people would actually be interested in reduced or subsidized telecom service offerings. For example, in Arizona in ...

Lifeline is funded in part by the Universal Service Fund of the Federal Communications Commission. To participate in the program, consumers must either have an income that is at or below 135 percent ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Chancellar Williams in “McCaskill looks to cut Lifeline for Missouri residents” (July 4) spotlights the folly of eliminating the ...

About 100,000 low-income Californians could lose their federal “Lifeline” discount and face higher phone bills if the state approves an official AT&T request to stop offering the service. Why it ...

Low-income households in Vermont may be eligible for a federal program that provides a $9.25 monthly discount on phone or internet service. Under the rules of the program you can apply the discount to ...

If you can’t travel to be with family and friends at the holidays, phone and video calls are the next best thing. When you’re watching a niece or nephew open up presents via Skype, it’s easy to take ...

Updates to California Lifeline have gotten the attention of the Texas Republican, who alleged it “encourages unlawful entry ...

Chancellar Williams in “McCaskill looks to cut Lifeline for Missouri residents” (July 4) spotlights the folly of eliminating the Universal Service Fund Lifeline program that provides affordable basic ...