Ajit Pai faces heat over proposal to take away poor people’s broadband plans

The Federal Communications Commission chairman’s plan for the Lifeline subsidy program would force most users of the program to find new providers. But such users could have trouble finding replacement plans or similar prices because Pai’s proposal would prevent all telecom resellers from offering Lifeline-subsidized service.

Jon Brodkin

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/please-dont-take-broadband-away-from-poor-people-democrats-tell-fcc-chair/