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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