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FCC Lifeline MSS to Rise to 18 GB Dec. 1

The monthly Lifeline minimum service standard for mobile broadband data capacity will increase to 18 GB Dec. 1, said an FCC Wireline Bureau public notice Friday in docket 11-42. The monthly minimum service standard for mobile voice service will stay…

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at 1,000 minutes. Monthly fixed broadband data usage will be 1,229 GB. The factors depend on the FCC not acting before then; in some past years, it has made changes. The indexed budget for 2022 will be $2.46 billion.