"Link Up" and "Lifeline" Awareness Week!
Last week the FCC and its partners raised awareness about two important telephone assistance programs, "Link Up" and "Lifeline".
Across the country, state and local agencies participated in outreach activities to highlight how these two little-known programs ensure that all Americans can access basic telephone service.
Together, "Link Up" and "Lifeline" subsidize the cost of activation and monthly payments for fixed and mobile lines that serves as the primary residential telephones.
Anyone at or below 135% of the federal poverty guidelines is eligible for "Link Up" or "Lifeline".
The National Broadband Plan, the FCC's digital blueprint for the 21st century, recommends expanding both programs to include broadband support as a means to eliminate cost barriers to universal broadband adoption and utilization. The Communications Workers of America and Speed Matters support that initiative.
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