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Lifeline is the Federal Communications Commission 's program, established in 1985, intended to make communications services more affordable for low-income consumers. Lifeline provides subscribers a discount on monthly telephone service purchased from participating providers in the marketplace. Subscribers can also purchase discounted broadband ...
Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation. KauaŹ»i Island Utility Cooperative. KEM Electric Cooperative. Lee County Electric Cooperative. Logan County Electric Cooperative (Bellefontaine, Ohio) [43] Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative (Wellington, Ohio) [44] Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation.
Universal Service Fund. The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a system of telecommunications subsidies and fees managed by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promote universal access to telecommunications services in the United States. The FCC established the fund in 1997 in compliance with the Telecommunications Act of ...
Phone service providers are getting closer to phasing it out. More people who are still using telephone landlines will soon need to decide if they want to finally hang up on their service. Just ...
Telephone and Data Systems, (through its subsidiary TDS) serves mainly rural areas in parts of 36 states. [3] Altafiber, which serves the greater Cincinnati area, and Hawaii due to its acquisition of Hawaiian Telcom [4] was not included in the Bell System breakup of 1984 because the former AT&T held only a minority stake in that company.
In February 2009, the United States Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including a $7.2 billion grant to the NTIA and U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to bolster broadband access across the United States. Of the grant, $4.7 billion was allocated to provide for the implementation of ...
NTCA.org. NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA) is a membership association with the goal of improving communications services in rural America. With a membership comprising over 850 independent rural American telecommunications companies in 46 states, [ 1][ 2] NTCA provides training and employee benefit packages to its members. [ 3]
The Richland County Common Pleas Court is warning the public of a nationwide telephone scam involving individuals claiming to be deputy calling regarding jury service.