Media for Subsidized broadband program speeds up, but Colorado customers must upgrade to keep discount [telecom]

Subsidized broadband program speeds up, but Colorado customers must upgrade to keep discount [telecom]

The federal Lifeline program provides $9.25 to low-income consumers for wireless or broadband service. But the FCC's upgrade on Dec. 1 may leave some CenturyLink or mobile customers behind -- and with higher bills.

By Tamara Chuang

A national low-income broadband program will get a speed boost on Tuesday as new federal requirements go into effect for the Lifeline service.

But not all Lifeline customers will automatically see the upgrade to

25 megabits per second from 20 mbps for fixed broadband service, or an increase to 11.75 gigabytes of data for wireless customers.

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