CLEVELAND, Ohio – The phone cut out in the middle of a telemedicine visit with her brother’s doctor. Joyce Manz had called Spectrum’s customer service a few days earlier and told a representative that ...

The Federal Communications Commission made one thing clear just before the government shut down. It won’t stop attacking violators of the “Obama phone.” Agency officials blasted out an announcement ...

The Federal Lifeline Assistance Program originally only provided discounts on traditional landline phone service. Once the Lifeline program was updated to include wireless phone service in 2005, many ...

The benefits of the Federal Lifeline Assistance Program are available to people in every state, and to those who meet the program's requirements. Those who are eligible can apply through an approved ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In recent weeks, media coverage of the federal Lifeline program phone discount has exploded as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revealed that, due to tightened ...

Students from low-income families could qualify for affordable broadband services through the newly expanded Lifeline program that the Federal Communications Commission approved this month. The ...

There could be late changes to the Federal Communications Commission’s planned overhaul of its phone subsidy program for low-income Americans, one FCC commissioner hinted Tuesday. Mignon Clyburn, a ...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today defended a new decision that prevents nine ISPs from using a federal program to sell subsidized broadband to poor people. In a blog post ...

Scholars and policymakers alike have long criticized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its failure to analyze the efficacy of the Lifeline program. Lifeline spends $2.25 billion annually ...