FCC chief cracks down on internet subsidy program
Source: axios.com
Robin Groulx / Axios
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is placing more "safeguards" on a subsidy program for the poor, per a letter sent Tuesday. The Lifeline program was recently expanded from only covering phone service to to include broadband.
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Why it matters: Pai is acting on his longtime criticism of the program, which he says is fraught with waste and fraud. It also sets up a fight over a program that many low-income Americans rely on.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/fcc-chief-requests-crackdown-on-phone-and-internet-subsidies-program-2457583157.html
Good grief. the man has nothing to do except to go after non profits and the poor, disabled and elderly!
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