Effective Dates Set for FCC Lifeline Changes After FR Publication of Rule
Effective dates for numerous new FCC Lifeline rules were set after the Federal Register published a commission item Monday announcing Office of Management and Budget approval of related information collection. Some rules took effect Monday while others will take effect…
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Dec. 2 and Jan. 1, the item said. Davis Wright attorney Danielle Frappier, who represents clients tapping Lifeline funding, told us most of the changes will become effective Dec. 2. She said a Lifeline budget (which the FCC set at $2.25 billion per year going forward) took effect June 23, that carriers can file applications as of Monday to become "Lifeline Broadband Providers" under the agency's new streamlined designation process, and that new recertification rules will take effect Jan. 1. The Wireline Bureau later on Monday issued a public notice in docket 11-42 further outlining the effective dates of particular rules. The Lifeline overhaul order adopted in March extended low-income USF support from voice to broadband service and streamlined program administration in various ways (see 1603310056).