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Q Link busted again: FCC proposes $62,000,000 fine for ACP “fraud”

July 24, 2023

11 things you need to know about the new Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

February 28, 2022

Limited time only: Free unlimited talk, unlimited text AND unlimited data

May 30, 2021

Crisis in free government cell phone program: Will new demands kill off service providers?

March 18, 2021

Sprint busted for Lifeline fraud, forced to pay $200 million penalty

January 19, 2021

Halloween horror story: Thousands of dead people sign up for free government cell phones

October 16, 2018

FCC gift for Lifeline Assistance customers: More free minutes, fast internet and much, much more

July 5, 2016

It’s about time: FCC demands TracFone unlock customers’ free government cell phones

May 15, 2016

Gravy train comes to the end of the line in Oklahoma: FCC to end $25 per month subsidies for non-Native Americans

April 16, 2016

A problem that needs a solution: Most homeless children and youths ineligible for free government cell phones

December 10, 2015

FCC wants to correct Oklahoma oversight, Native Americans object

November 22, 2015

It’s about time: FCC slashes price of prison phone calls

November 9, 2015

Hundreds of school and community leaders ask FCC to include high-speed internet in free government cell phone program

November 7, 2015

New free government cell phone rule: Use it or lose it

May 15, 2015

I’m afraid I’ll get busted for having more than one free government cell phone. How can I cancel the extra account?

May 11, 2015

Is the FCC ready to announce free or cheap government internet?

May 4, 2015

Will all internet users be taxed to fund  Obama Broadband?

April 6, 2015

FCC wants to reform the free government cell phone program: Here’s what one Commissioner thinks

March 29, 2015

FCC says you’ll lose your Lifeline cell phone if you only text with it

November 10, 2014

Why do Native Americans get cheaper phone service than the rest of us?

March 11, 2014

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