This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 7,093 people, 230 businesses, six farms and 29 schools to high-speed internet in Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and Grady counties. Southern Plains Cable will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline
Big changes to the Lifeline Program take effect one month from today, on Friday, December 2, 2016. Read more here.
The FCC has issued a public notice to provide "guidance to entities seeking designation as Lifeline Broadband Providers. For more information, read more here.
Join USAC to hear updates about the Lifeline Program, including the Lifeline Modernization Order and the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD). Read more here.
On April 27, 2016, the FCC released the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order. This Order includes a number of enhancements to the Lifeline Program that will help many Americans get and stay connected. Read more here.
Join us to hear updates about the Lifeline Program, including the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order and the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD). Read more here.
By Loris Taylor, Matthew Rantanen & Susan Feller Indian Country In a February 2, 2016 press release, Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai called the continuation of Tribal Lifeline subsidies in Oklahoma a “legal scandal” and a “bloated tax payer subsidy.” Read more here. OR http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/02/21/dont-let-fcc-cut-oklahoma-lifeline
A number of revised Lifeline rules that were adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the June 2015 Lifeline Reform Order have been published in the Federal Register, giving them an effective date of February 17, 2016. Read more here.
On January 15, the FCC released a Public Notice (DA 16-56) announcing OMB approval for several rule changes from the 2015 Lifeline Reform Order. To read more, click here.
