Misguided CPUC decision to limit wireless subsidies creates inequality among California's low income families.
... [+]An irrational decision by California Public Utilities Commission staff would deny lower-income California families and workers the full benefits of subsidies designed to give them affordable online access. That’s unfair and runs directly counter to the intent of programs designed to help people in need improve their lives.is a CPUC program that helps lower-income households afford broadband and phone services.
The Affordable Connectivity Program is a similar plan at the federal level, run by the FCC to help “ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.” To maximize the effectiveness of the ACP, the FCC adopted an order that allows low-income households to apply both the federal benefit and any state discounts for which they are eligible to the same service.
The CPUC staff proposal would allow wireline providers to combine all LifeLine subsidies with ACP funds. But, inexplicably, the staff proposal at issue here would prohibit wireless carriers from doing the same thing. In today’s world, that is a major mistake that is going to negatively impact the finances of many California families which are already struggling financially.
It is an increasingly wireless world, and often especially so for California’s poor. Research data from 2021 indicates thatof U.S. households with an annual income of less than $30,000 depend exclusively on a smartphone for broadband access. For families that are housing unstable wireline broadband is simply not a practical option.
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