Pause Lifeline Voice-Only Phase Down: Benton

Reconsider phasing down Lifeline voice-only support, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society asked the FCC in a letter posted Friday in docket 11-42. Benton backed the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates' petition for reconsideration of the scheduled Dec. 1 phase down. Don't "risk the potential disconnection of thousands of Lifeline households during the pandemic" (see 2108030072), Benton said.