Dish Wireless Seeks FCC Help With Affordable Connectivity Transition

The company needs to be designed as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier to promote the Lifeline option, it said.

Dish Wireless Seeks FCC Help With Affordable Connectivity Transition
Photo of Dish Network headquarters from the company

WASHINGTON, February 3, 2024 – Dish Wireless has plans to help low-income households in danger of losing their monthly federal internet stipend, but the company says it needs prompt assistance from the Federal Communications Commission to be of much help.

The Affordable Connectivity Program comes with a $30 a monthly discount on Internet bills, but the program is likely going to run out of funding in April, impacting more than 22 million enrolled households, according to the FCC.

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