AARP Seeks Free Broadband for Nursing Home Residents During COVID-19

AARP wants the FCC and industry to ensure older Americans are connected during the pandemic, said a letter Friday in commission docket 20-89. It wants the commission to suspend broadband data caps and overage charges, encourage free or subsidized broadband to residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, increase the broadband minimum service standards for Lifeline wherever possible, and give Lifeline customers unlimited voice minutes and text messages. The group wants the FCC to extend the Keep Americans Connected Pledge.