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 ...

"It is perverse to rack up [phone] charges for a vulnerable population," said Brian Highsmith, an attorney with the National Consumer Law Center in Boston. "It's their only lifeline to the outside ...

Cricket's Lifeline Credit provides monthly cell phone bill discounts to eligible customers in 23 states, as well as the District of Columbia, with service in six additional states launching by the end ...

Federal telecommunications assists millions of American households each year through the Lifeline internet and phone discount program, which offers much-needed connectivity support to families with ...

The Iowa Utilities Board reminds eligible Iowa consumers that beginning Friday, Dec. 2, major changes took effect regarding the Lifeline Telephone Assistance Program that subsidizes telecommunications ...

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 ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just intervened to stop California from doling out certain federal benefits ...

Recent weather events and their associated power outages have led to one undeniable conclusion regarding phone service: It is absolutely imperative that people have it. Despite all of the remarkable ...

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 ...