FCC Has ‘Clear Duty to Act’ on MSS, NaLA Tells DC Circuit

The FCC has a "clear duty to act" on minimum service standards, and further delay "threatens low-income consumers' health and welfare by making Lifeline less accessible and less affordable during the COVID-19 pandemic," the National Lifeline Association told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Wednesday (in Pacer) in case No. 20-1460 (see 2012310031). The formula was "improperly adopted from the start" and has "arbitrarily increased" MSS by 50% without analyzing whether it's affordable, NaLA argued.