Wireline Bureau Extends Lifeline Phasedown, Minimum Service Waivers

The FCC Wireline Bureau extended until Dec. 1, 2024, its waiver pausing the Lifeline voice-only support phasedown and minimum service standards increase. The bureau extended the waiver by a year to "understand the impact" of the affordable connectivity plan "on Lifeline subscribers’ use of their Lifeline benefit," said an order posted Friday in docket 11-42 (see 2207010062).