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<blockquote data-quote="CottageFarm" data-source="post: 958463" data-attributes="member: 16552"><p>One should always remember to fact check the fact checkers. As is frequently the case, Snopes is being disingenuous and not quite presenting the full story:</p><p></p><p>Following deregulation & the breakup of ATT in 1984, the FCC, instituted a fee, charged to long distance providers, to pay for access & affordability to rural and other high cost areas <strong>to comply with existing mandates in The Communications Act of 1934</strong>. That program continued until The Telecommunications Act was passed in 1996, which created the Universal Service Fund, which called for the fees previously paid only by long distance providers, to be paid by all phone service providers, which was, naturally, passed on directly to consumers. So we all pay for it on our landline AND cell phone service. This created a HUGE surplus in the fund, so rather than reduce or eliminate the fee, they decided it's really not enough that everyone has access to landline phone service, but should also apply to wireless access. Now it's imperative that everyone have access to broadband, too. That's what in the works right now. But I digress...</p><p> </p><p>So while the various incarnations of the lifeline program have existed since 1984, and was greatly expanded in 1996, Obama was the 1st president to make sure that everyone in the Dem's constituency knew about the "free phone program" by endlessly promoting it's importance and how easy it is to qualify. Here's the criteria to qualify (taken from FCC website).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CottageFarm, post: 958463, member: 16552"] One should always remember to fact check the fact checkers. As is frequently the case, Snopes is being disingenuous and not quite presenting the full story: Following deregulation & the breakup of ATT in 1984, the FCC, instituted a fee, charged to long distance providers, to pay for access & affordability to rural and other high cost areas [b]to comply with existing mandates in The Communications Act of 1934[/b]. That program continued until The Telecommunications Act was passed in 1996, which created the Universal Service Fund, which called for the fees previously paid only by long distance providers, to be paid by all phone service providers, which was, naturally, passed on directly to consumers. So we all pay for it on our landline AND cell phone service. This created a HUGE surplus in the fund, so rather than reduce or eliminate the fee, they decided it's really not enough that everyone has access to landline phone service, but should also apply to wireless access. Now it's imperative that everyone have access to broadband, too. That's what in the works right now. But I digress... So while the various incarnations of the lifeline program have existed since 1984, and was greatly expanded in 1996, Obama was the 1st president to make sure that everyone in the Dem's constituency knew about the "free phone program" by endlessly promoting it's importance and how easy it is to qualify. Here's the criteria to qualify (taken from FCC website). [/QUOTE]
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