FCC Chair Ajit Pai Wants to Cap a Program to Help Poor People Afford Phones and Internet
Federal Communications Commission hot seat Ajit Pai is drive to impose new cap on funding for Lifeline , a political platform to assist needy the great unwashed survive in the U.S. afford phone , cellular and cyberspace access . The Lifeline program imposes modest fees on phone bills to bear for $ 9.25 / calendar month subsidy towards low - income Americans ’ telecoms bills ( the requital aremade to approved service providers , not the individual customer ) ....