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EX PARTE OR LATE FILE(' March 23, 2016
Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554
Accepted/Flies
MAR 2 3 Z016 Federal Communications Commission
Office of the Secretary
Re: Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, WC Docket No. 11-42
Dear Ms. Dortch:
Attached, for the record, please find a petition in support of adding broadband access to the Federal Communication Commission's Lifeline Program. In partnership with I Am Color of Change and members of the Media Action Grassroots Network, we submit these combined petitions that have been signed by 14,127 individuals.
If you have any further questions, please contact me at (510) 698-3800.
DOCKET FILE COPY ORIGINAL
RespectfY.lly su~itted, f"' .. \ . . . ... ..
Isl Steven Renderos
Senior Campaign Manager Center for Media Justice 436 14th Street Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 698-3800
No. of Copies rec'd Q f ( List ABCDE
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Lifeline
Dear FCC Chairman Wheeler
Defau lt
Please vote to expand the Lifeline Program to include affordable broadband services. Currently more than 100 million people live without equal access, and the expansion would deliver an affordable broadband choice to millions of low-income Americans. The Lifeline Program needs to include minimum service standards, an expanded and streamlined eligibility process, and no caps that limit participation in the program.
Total signatures: 533 Name State
1 Sheri CA · Randolph
2. Vic Bostock CA
3 John CA · Gasperoni
4. Ana Montes CA 5. Lacey Hicks CA
6 Susan CA Susan Hathaway · Hathaway
7 Janet S NY ·Matthews
8. Wade Lance NY 9 . Hye-Jung Park NY Hye-Jung Park
10 Nancy MA · Richard
11. Amy Greene IN 12. Janet Hoover CA 13. Linda Jenkins LA 14. Tristan Lear FL
15 William CA · Mitchell
16 Gregg CA ·Johnson
17. Eva Weiss Eva Weiss
18. Mercedes FL Green
19 Lillie Branch- VA · Kennedy
20 Bernadette MA · Rabuy
21 Frances NV · Matylinsky
22. j angel I CA
23 John MN · Guttermann
24. a Berkson IL
25 Thomas TX · Windberg
26 Tanya NM · Gonza les
27 . Marielle Hsu CA
Comment
28 Jan · Thompson NM Free internet for t he poor includ ing those in rural, isolated areas.
29 Alexandra ·Chambers
TN
30 Rev Gregory CA · Yaroslow
31.Joan Smith CA
2 of 16 Default Name State Comment
32 Barbara and IA ·Jim Dale
33. Craig Brown MN 34. Peter Lee CA Internet is now a necessity for job search, health. and all manner of services.
3S Laura · Saunders
36 Willa CA · O'Connor
37. Adam Strizich Adam Strizich 38. Ronald Le CA 39. Javier Rios NM 40. David Mount MO
41 Michael ·Bennett NY
42 Claire · Perricelli
CA
43. Kemi Alabi CA 44. Kemi Alabi CA
· 4S. Kemi Alabi CA 46. Kemi Alabi CA 47 . Ian Wade AL 48. Susan Reaves TN
49 Mark · Erpelding
MN
SO Viivan · Stockman
WV
Sl Edward · Landler
CA
s2. ~lena iorgensen
CA
S3 Katrice · Cheaton
PA
S4. Don Karas AZ SS. Robyn Price TN S6. Mary Wood CA s7 M. O'Brien
·O'Brien IL
58. Judith Turner CA S9. Ellis Jacobs LA
60 Richard ·Campbell
MN
61 Nadya
"Tichman CA
62 Sara · Longsmith
VT
63. Adam Strizich IN
64 Caitlin
· Henderson ON
6S. Bob Leppo CA 66. Yoly Stroeve CA
67 Federico · Subervi
TX
68. Ann Thryft CA 69. Pat Dufau CA
70 Sean ·Wayland
CA
The internet is key to upward mobility.
Claire Perricelli
Access to the internet is essential for people to fully participate in today's society.
I have to use a public computer for Internet because I cannot afford Internet access in my home
Ellis Jacobs
Nadya Tichman
Pat Dufau
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3 of 16 Default Name State
71. Savannah H NY
72 Tonereasa ·Jackson
LA
73. Devorah Hill VA 74. Brian Dolinar IL
75 Emanuel
· Schongut CA
76. Emily Lee IN 77. erin garcia CA 78. Jayme Hux MD 79. Jusef White CA 80. Gerry Milliken WA
81 George · Postgate
CA
82 Mark · Bartleman
CA
83. Ellen Kovac NJ 84. Maegan Ortiz CA
85 Shirley · Scritchfield MO
86. Debra Brown co 87 Martin
·Horwitz CA
88. Linda Fancher MN
89 Lacretiah
·Luckett
90 Gretchen ·Hi ldebran
91. sandra reeves
92 Nancy ·Schimmel
93 Ralph
·Timberlake
MN
NY
TX
CA
AL
Comment Requirements to sustain impoverishment for medical coverage qualification mean that individuals with disabilities are required to remain poor enough to qualify for their medical care and therefore do not have vast amounts of cash laying around to support corporations providing basic access to necessary information in this modern era. Providing internet access to the impoverished at reduced prices to accommodate the demands of said poverty is a wise political move for all of you fiscal confabulations sucking America's disabled dry, while blaming them for their poverty, and removing any shot at capital accumulation which might reduce said government dependence
Devorah Hill
erin garcia
Jusef White
Debra Brown
Lacretiah D Luckett
Dear Congressman Jason Chaffetz: As a result of USPS officia ls returning 2117 Atkins Drive. Huntsville. Alabama 35810's mail to its senders. property owner, Ralph Timberlake. files this mail fraud complaint against the USPS. Meanwhile. the USPS officials are fraudulent ly returning his mail to its senders; he submits this letter. for a copy of the evidence used to authorize the returning of his mai l to its senders. According ly, they are repudiating his rights and privileges to receive their mail delivery services. without granting him, his requested hearings. Furthermore, they have illicitly proscribed their mail delivery services to his property for Pecksniffian. Mephistophelian, and demonic intentions. Consequently, he now requests a criminal and a civil investigation into their banning of his USPS' property mail delivery service to 2117 Atkins Drive. Huntsville, Alabama 35810. Does not their actions beg the question; "why are 2117 Atkins Drive. Huntsville. Alabama 35810's, and Ralph Timberlake's Frist-Class Mail subjected to USPS personnel's impeding whims?" Without due process of law. the USPS officials took the aforesaid denial of service. However. such USPS' malfeasances are a blatant illustration. an unashamed example, and a heinous instance of a USPS kakistocracy. Is It not unconscionable. "that kakistocrtaical USPS' officials would decree the perpetual bann ing of all First-Class Mail delivery services to 2117 Atkins Drive. Huntsville, Alabama 35810?" While they deny his entreaties for an impartial hearing, they specifically ignore his requests for evidence. Conversely; the USPS officials' unceasing abridgment of property owner Timberlake's right to receive property mail delivery services is a crime of fraud. Please provide the lawful reasons that USPS officia ls are rebuffing this party's application for a copy of their lawfu l rationalizations and their legitimate justifications. for their denial of property mail delivery services. The USPS officials' decisions. to return Ralph Timberlake's mail to its senders, are, indeed, a gross wrong and a travesty of justice. Fait justitia ruat caelum, Ra lph Timberlake. property owner ralphtimberlake@hotma il.com 256-851-7462
4of16 Default Name St at e Comment
Yes, expand helping programs for the acknowledged poor. Better yet, require better Ellen E 94· Barfield MD and cheaper connection services for EVERYONE as they have so many other places in
the world.
95 Roberta
· LaFrance 96. Carol Gold 97. Linda Jue
98.Joanne Tenney
99 Allison · Fradkin
CA
CA CA
CA
IL
lOO. Salvador MN Miranda
101. Josie Trapnell AZ
102. Rayr;iond Ml Keeling
103. Bruce Anderson
IL
104 Danielle IL ·Chynoweth
Without access to affordable broadband the education gap between the poor and others will grow exponentially locking them into more poverty.
105. Tirso Moreno FL Tirso Moreno
106 Chad MN ·Johnston
107 Christopher CA ·Lish
108. Craig Warren CA Craig Warren
109 Zvika CA Z 'k G t · Id . Greensfield v1 a reens ie
110. Jerry Cecere CA
lll . David . CA Zaccagnino
112. John Culloty CA 113. Dana May CA Dana May 114. Vic DeAngelo CA
115. Barbara NY Bryan
116. T Reading WA Broadband is a lifeline to me. It can be a lifeline to allow those who cannot afford it
117. Peter Wong CA now so that they ca n finally join the digita l age. Expand Lifeline to include broadband
118. Jary Stavely CA 119. Teresa Basilio NY
120 David CA · McDougall
121.Ma~anna CA Mei1a
122. Frank B. CA Anderson
123 Deborah IL ·Schechter
124. Sarah Jackson LA
125. Cynthia Gordon
LA
126. Alan Townsend
CA
127 Stacie · Charlebois
CA
128. Arthur. Grego nan
CA
129. Daniel Tiarks CA 130. Erin Cerny MN
access.
It would be a great help to single mother's and their kids to have internet service in their homes.
Daniel Tiarks
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131.Chadjohnson CA Chadjohnson 132. Ei leen Cohen CA
133. Lee Ann Kelly IL
134 Bonnie IL · Richardson
135. Kerri Boxx TX
136. Therese Ryan CA
Low-income children are fighting many barriers to succeeding in school. Removing this barrier as part of addressing our national achievement gap would be a huge benefit to so many families.
The Lifeline program should be modernized and brought into the 21st century to include coverage for affordable internet service. I use the internet every single day; living in a small town. it's how I stay connected - news. weather. friends & family, entertainment, paying bills, managing my bank account. entertainment. knowledge, etc etc. There have been times in my life when I did not have internet service at home, so I had to plan around when I could get access, which usually meant sitting in my car, parked at the public library a~er midnight. because I worked 2nd shift. until my laptop battery died. The Lifeline program could rea lly help people - and it would help the people who need it the most.
137. Claudia CA Claud ia Frantz Frantz
138. Terrie Allen CA
Valerie 139. Justus- CA
Rusconi
140. David Lee CA
141. Kathy Yeomans
CA
142. Evelyn Haas PA 143. Arlene Baker CA
144. gerrit woudstra
CA
Monica 145. McKeown CA
Gallic ho 146. Miranda Leiva CA
147. Tr~volyn Haines
CA
148. Bob Atwood CA 149. e. johnson CA 150. Joe Weis CA 151. Joe Glaston CA
152 Matthew CA ·Mil ler
153. Rishi . MD Awatramani
154. jaent Quezada
CA
155 Senseney VA · Marshall
156. Nancy De Leon
157. Lu Morano CA
158 Carolie MN · Collins
159. Tom Nulty Jr CA 160. Tracy S Troth MS 161. Debra Bean
I am on HUD & Calfresh (foodstamps) and live in a rural area where dial-up is my on ly option. How does a 26.4 kbps speed grab you? 45 m inutes to open a sma ll photo? 3 HOURS or more to download a pattern or a magazine? I tried to do some online work, but the slow speed leaves me out of many options; I cannot stream video, watch a commercial or hear music. J cannot even do things like take surveys for pay because they all come with things you must view that requ ire faster service. just trying to pay a bill online. the 'connection is reset' comes up all the time because the server times out and I have to start over.
Kathy Yeomans
Joe Glaston
Please help reduce the gap in digital access by expanding this program. I know personally how important increasing this access to the various communities I belong to and to the elders. youth and everybody in between in all of them. It's not a luxury. but a necessity-in fact it is a lifeline.
6of 16 Name
162. Mari Williams
163. James Dawson
164. Mark Spevak
165 Kevin
· Easterling 166. Nancy Kelly 167. Lauren Linda
State MN
CA
CA
PA
CA CA
Default Comment
This is an issue that is only getting more important, yet the standards are only getting more out of date. Lack of broadband access data reasonable cost is an embarrassment to the US - we used to be a world leader in tech, now we're not even in the top 3 when
168. David Dawes WA it comes to broadband access. Please do your duty and help us get back on course to providing these important services to each and every individual in this nation who needs it. rather than allowing corporate profits to turn our country into an ever further behind tech laughing stock.
169 Angie · Willardson
CA
170. Lois Jordan AZ 171. Bill Herman CA 172. Lynne Weiske CA
173. c .atherine Tierney
MO
174. Caryn Graves CA
175. He~ry Weinberg
CA
176. Jim Head Ml 177. Ashl Lauth CA
178 Natalia
· Gelista Ml
179 Anthony ·Stanton
MN
180. Mark Straka IA
181. RillyKewl NY
182.John .. Stepona1t1s
CA
183. C~~o lyn De M1q1an
CA
184 Deborah ·Mccloskey
CA
185 Barry
· Schwartz CA
186. Phillip Cripps CA
187 Querido
·Galdo CA
188 Brian · Reynolds NJ
189. Kevin Krywko CA 190. Mike Menner MN 191. Jendi Reiter MA 192. Scott Kampas MO
Dudley and 193.Candace CA
Campbell
194 Enid NJ · Rosenblatt
195. Ann Bein CA Evan 196· McDermit CA
197. F. Michael CA Montgomery
Henry Weinberg
Anthony Stanton
High speed internet helps everyone, whether looking for work, working, studying/learning, or connecting to the broader world .. . Everybody needs access.
We need to be investing in all of our communities and all of our chi ldren. This supports and strengthens our nation as a whole !
7of16 Default Name State Comment
198. Tillie Jones AZ
Having internet prices constantly rising makes it very difficult to for the poor students to do their home work because their parents can afford the internet and most high school students are required to use the internet for researching purposes. Thank you for your consideration.
199. Val Sanfilippo CA They slowed Google since FCC passed Net Neutrality rules. Regina
200. Phillips CA
201. jack Milton CA 202. Robert Griffin CA
Jayna 203· Williams CA
204. Ramona Hi VA Ramona Hi 205. John Dalla NV 206. Joe Buhowsky CA
207. Jeffrey CA Jeffrey Hurwitz Hurwitz
208. Nick Gaetano CA
209 . Ron~d CA Partridge
210. Rodger Reed CA
211 Holly CA Holly McDuffie · McDuffie
212. Kellie Smith NH 213. Erik Schnabel CA Erik Schnabel 214. T Cho NY
215. Pat Blackwell- CA Marchant
216. Ellen Gold CA
217. Clifford NY Andrews
218. Dale Mccart CA Dale Mccart
219 James · Noordyk CA James Noordyk
220. Steve Overton ot
221. Victoria Miller CA
222.Ann CA Thompson Eva-
223. Genevieve IL Scarborough
224. David Aceves TX 225. Nadia Honary 226. Karl Koessel CA 227. Vivian L. BC
228. Janet NV Jacobson
229. Judith Becker PA
Eva-Genevieve Scarborough
230 Gloriamarie CA Gloriamarie Amalfitano · Amalfitano
231. Lynne CA Preston
232. Brent Johnson MN 233. Vito Degrigoli CA 234. esther ouray MN 235. Scott Barlow CA 236. Janet Maker CA Janet Maker
237. Pamylle NY Greinke
238. Jeffrey CA Hemenez
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239. Tristan. Donofrio
CA
240 deborah · fallender
CA
241. Julia Reagin LA
242. Dia~e Berliner
CA
243. Cliff Johnson CA
244. Melisa Koessel
GA
245. Carl Estes CA
246 Gerald · Fleischaker
MN
J. Michael 247. "Mike" CA
Henderson
248. Kathleen Trescony
CA
249 Joseph ·Shulman
CA
250. Joseph Verderame
CA
251. Stephanie C. Fox
CT
252. Joshua Martin CA 253. Peter Moen CA 254. Alyx Ball CA
255. Patricia MN Schoenberger
256. bob nace CA 25 7. Jeanne Smith PA 258. Cecilia Brown CA
259 Elizabeth PA ·Gallagher
260. Mike Ernest VA
261 . Sakura Vesely
CA
262 Thomas ·Gillespie CA
263. Jody Gibson IA
264. Cynthia Cochran
ME
265 Todd ·Templeton CA
266. Terry S.C. CA
267. Rebe~ca Kendig LA
268 Kristina ·will iams IL
269. Chad Anderson NJ
270. John Kirchner IN 271. chris credit CA
272. Babette Bruton
FL
273. Hillary Ost row CA
Default Comment
Cliff Johnson
Melisa A. Koessel
It's a crime that the inability to access the internet will create another generation of young children who are unable to achieve their potential. Inequality and the wealth disparity will only increase as the gap widens and widens. Internet should be a utility and ava ilable to everyone!
I'm Disabled. I'm on Li feline. I've been on line for decades. l live alone by choice saving the government hundreds of thousands of dollars keeping me barely alive in a nursing home that nobody wants. Without Internet access at a huge expense to me taking a large bite from my income I couldn't do this. Sometimes it's so overwhelming I'm not sure I can or want to go on. Lower cost high speed internet access would help me and other low income people and children alike. Please help and Thank You.
Chad Anderson
Hillary Ostrow
9of16 Nam e
274. rich c State CA
275 Michael PA Michael Lombardi ·Lombardi
276. Angela Smith WA 277. John Herron NC 278. Scott Sanders IL 279. Bob Edgerly CA
Comment
280. ~=~~~c CA I would not have a land line phone if I didn't have Lifeline!
281. Peter Childs CA
282. A~trid Giese- CA Zimmer
283. anne veraldi CA 284. Jennifer Toth CA
285 Katherine CA . Wright
286 Cheryl AL ·Franklin
287. Nancy Smith NY A vital service. especially for the rura l poor.
288. Matthew CA Palmer
289. Jan~t Robinson
FL Janet Robinson
290 Barbara CA . Albert
291. Linda Ray CA
292 Barbara CA · Consbruck
293. ch~istian CA Shinsky
294. Alan Young 295. Julie Skelton Ml 296. Irene Kang CA 297. Tamiko Beyer MA Tamiko Beyer 298. Kimi Wei NJ 299. c Georgiou PA 300. Keith Augusto NV 301. Gary Grice IL
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302. ~:Zs~ len CA Everyone in America deserves to have internet access. In today's world it's a necessity.
303. Eunju Namkung
VA
304. Mk Nguyen CA 305. e p CA
306. Lilyana Srnoguy
MT
307 Harriet
· McCleary MN
308 Colleen · McGlone
FL Colleen McGlone
309. Joan~a MA Cutting-Brady
31 O. rebecca koo CA 311. Tom Walsh CA 312. Ann Wasgatt CA 313. Dylan Nguyen CA 314. Patty Bonney OR
315 Scott CA Scott Campbell ·Campbell
316. Cathy Cretser CA 317. Rafael Canton CA Rafael Canton
10 of 16 Name State
318. Mike Baldwin CA 319. cg CA
320_ Vanessa Orozco
TX
321. Barbara Harper
CA
322 Jon · Anderholm
CA
323. Lisa Stone TX
324 Teresa · Sullivan CA
Mark 325· Beckwith
CA
326_ Les l~y Mortimer
NM
327.B.Chan CA 328. tom wyman CA
329 Patrick " Williams
CA
330_ Roberto Romo
CA
331. Celeste Hong CA 332. Leslie Young CA
333_ Elizabeth Merz
MN
334. Bruce Coston CA
335. Lorna Immel AL
336_ Candy Bowman
CA
Gwen 337 · Richards CA
338. Jason Fish CA
339 Abraham
· Oboruemuh CA
340. Rae Davis TX 341. Michael Kast CA
342. Alexandra Skwara
CA
343 Amy Van · Steenwyk
MN
344. Michelle Lerner NJ
345. Susan Roedl MN
346 Robert CA · Gaulding
347. Sky Quarto NM 348. David Pittman Ml 349. Joleen Garcia TX 350. paul Runion CA
351. Thomas CA Zachary
352. earl tyndall NY 353. Cat Salazar IN 354. Juanita Budd TX
355 Michael CA · Garitty
356 Karen MA · Themelis
357 Georgia AZ · Braithwaite
Default Comment
cg
Lisa Stone
Teresa Sullivan
Mark Beckwith
Bruce Coston Stop the insanity . This is important. The internet is now a life necessity. Income must no longer be a barrier for using it .
Gwen Richards
David Pittman
paul Runion
Cat Salazar
11of16 Na me
358 Deborah · Jadhav
Stat e
IL
359. Nicole . CA Fountain
360. Marina NY Adams
361.1~1ian Yerena CA
362. Gordon Miller CA
363. Debbie FL Soares
364. Christopher F. NJ Vo ta
365. Erin .stuart- CA Jennings
366. Mary Meehan CA
367. Sean Hanns CA
368. Bon Comfort IA 369. les roberts CA 370. Kate Lunn CA
371. Robert Osborne
CA
372. Jill Moebus VA
373. Elisa Gonzalez
TX
374 Francis
·Roberts CA
375. natalia garcia CA 376. II Sheehan NJ
377 Bonnie Faith-. Smith MA
378. David Adams CA
379. Robert Weingart
OH
380 Heather ·Frederick TX
381. Ashlee Pippin 382. Eileen Tisdale FL
Default Comment
Hight Speed Internet is WAY too expensive. The FCC must do everything it possibly can to make it more affordable.
Internet access, like healthcare, should be a right!
Erin Stuart-Jennings
This is long overdue. Why?, because every time another bill comes down the line, they've found another way to add on a charge here and a charge there with no change in your service or download speed. My costs used to be about $25 pr month, it's now costing me $60 pr month for basic dsl and you should really force them to do away with the monthly rental fee for the modem/router. that is one of the charges I'm referring to, my old modem when I first signed up with AT&T was free with no month ly charge but then they forced us into the next level which required the new modem + $7 rent fee pr month, and it's obvious it's just one more way to make up for the discounts that the Lifeline provides us effectively negating it with extra charges, pay for your own modem?. good luck finding one that will work with AT&T at about $119 if you can. Please help us. my disability limits how much I can get out, so for socializing online and Netflix. which I need due to the same rip off prices for Dish Network with none of the premium channels which I wouldn't pay for even if I could cause it's all the same few movies rotated on all the premium channels all year long .. it's ridiculous & expensive. I have to drop my Dish down to minimum cause I'm tired of being charged for channels I don't watch. the audio "channels" are a joke. they count these as "channels", it ups the total count so that it sounds good, for non channels, they also have fees for rent of the box + "protection" fees in case it needs to be repaired, even that will cost you on top of t he fees should you need it and they have to send someone out, they didn't even want the old box or the dish back when I had to put all of this in my name when my spouse died. why? and I'll bet you anything that if I opt out of those fees something will happen requiring me to pay them big bucks to fix it, why?, cause if they can shut off your service remotely they can also cause a "problem" to happen imo. Sorry for the length and going off topic to make a point but AT&T is now offering Netflix as part of the pkgs cause they've realized they're losing customers to Netflix and Hu lu. Thank you for reading this and I hope I've helped you to grasp the situation us low income people are in and add internet service discounts to the Lifeline program. Thank you and Sincerely, Sean Hanns
IL Sheehan
12 of 16 Na me Stat e
383. Harriette Darrough
384 Frederick TX ·Dalal
385. Joseph Torres MD
386 Galloway CA . Allbright
387. Mark. CA Esca1eda
388. Lucile Church MO 389. k danowski PA 390. Heather Hall WA 391. Karen Berger CA
392. Cindy Oberg- MN Hauser
393. Cecilia CA Johnson
394. Darcy Gentner
395. Susan Walp CA 396. Scott Grintha l CA 397. Jon Bazinet CA
Lucile Church k danowski Heather Hall
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398. Mag.gie Fl Maggie Davidson Davidson
399. Jeanne Smith
400. Maria Studer
401. Ulle Koiv 402. James Glatz 403. Denise Lytle
404 Hilarie ·Valadez
405. Joe Salazar 406. Todd Spahr
407. Kevin Erickson
408. Mary Nichols
PA
NY
NY PA
NJ
TX
CA ID
DC
MD
The internet has become what the phone was in the 1070's, a necessity. It is also very important that our underserved families have access to it. especially for their children.
13of16 Default Na me State Comment
Technology shouldn't be limited to those who can't afford to pay. All citizens of the United States no matter where they live need access to reliable cell phone connections and internet connections. You can not look for steady gainful employment without having access to the internet. You can't apply for a part-time without access to the internet. All employers from retail to Fourture 500 companies to government-at all levels use the internet when they have positions available. Also, without internet access at home they can't upgrade their skills. nor continue their education without the internet. Sure the library is a great option but you're limited to a certain amount of time each day on the internet. It varies from library to library, and from county to county. And yes some libraries allow you to check out a laptop but that is only while in the library and is again for a certain amount of time each day. Sure community colleges. colleges and universities have a libraries with internet access but it's only for their students and the times they're open and available vary each semester. IF they have children it also hinders access to communications between parents and their
409. Terri Uravich MN children's teachers. their chidlren's records and it hinders their children from accessing study tools. homework, etc that they need to succeed in school. Also. more and more clinics are available online. More clinics, and doctors, nurse practitioners are encouraging their patients to access their records and any communications from their doctor online. No internet access no access to jobs, school or medical information. And lastly without internet access you can't stay in touch with family or friends. Everyone is on facebook; younger generation-not just teens are using snap chat; instagram. pinterest. etc to stay in touch. It's not just e-mail or texting anymore. Last, more and more retail positions and companies are using the internet to post employees schedules. And not just schedules, time off requests, signing up for benefits. direct deposit of paychecks, but on job training, news, company updates. etc. If you don't have internet access at home or on your cell phone you can't get access to your schedule or anything else you may need to keep your job/s. Some things need to be universal. Meaning access for everyone no matter economic status. This includes cellphone. quality health care, food, and internet access.
410. Emilia Ortega CA
411. Cindy Gomez- MN Schempp Rachel
412. LevinsonWaldman
413. Jaynie Parrish AZ
414. Paul Roth MD
415. Marti WA Mc Kenna
416. Michael Kranz NY 417. LaKisha David
418. Chris.tina NM Rodnguez
419. C~tharine VA Rice
420.Don CA Wattenbarger
421. m Gordon IN 422. Sherrill Futrell CA
423. Colleen Mahaney
co
Closing the digital divide in Indian Country on Tribal lands is a great need. Working with tribal government and individual tribal citizens should be a priority. Especially in rural areas (AZ. NM, UT, AK, ND, etc.), where a large percentage of tribal populations and lands are located.
No one should be punished with a lack of fiber broadband because they live in wide open areas, with horses.cows, and quiet cricket-filled nights.
This reform is critical to poor children's education. Thanks for supporting them!
424 Linda ·Hubbard
CA Thank you for reading my comment.
425. Tania Lee DC
426 Masha CA · Chernyak
427. Arm~ndo A. Armando A. Garcia Garcia
428. Helen Kramer CA
429 Pravin FL · Kurishingal
430. Jean Chung CA
14 of 16 Nam e St at e
431. Lydia Howell MN
432. Yanira Arias CA
433. Tina Ann CA
434. Robin Herzig NY
435. Hi llary Brooks CA 436. Carlos Pareja NY 437. Lillian Til lman LA
438. Melanie combs
439. Priscilla Caputo
OH
LA
440 Candace MA ·Clement
441 Alonzo ·Tillman
442 Chinyere · Tutashinda
443 Angella · Bellota
444 Chin
· Tutashinda
445. Oshen Turman
446. Test Testy
447 Turner
'Willman
448. Steven Renderos
449 Mark Tseng · Putterman
450. Luci~ Martinez
451 Gabriel
·Sheets
CA
VA
CA
CA
CA
WA
MN
NY
DC
452. Harrie~ NJ Jernqu1st
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Internet access is ESSENTIAL in the 21st century for job searches, diverse/noncorporate news and politica l particiapatoin. MAKE INTERNET ACCESIBLE TO LOWINCOME PEOPLE! Yanira Arias As someone living on Social Security Disability, I have an EXTREMELY limited fixed income. I am grateful for my Lifeline telephone, and am so aware that internet access is fairly equivalent to telephone availability for previous generations. I need more internet access than is available at my local library, with its limited hours, to keep up with my rare disease. thank you Depending on my local library, Starbucks + McDonalds for WiFi, is a very difficult way to access the Internet. That's what I, personally have to do. Trust me, it's not easy nor convenient . Actually, it sucks.
Lillian Tillman
Melanie combs
Dear Chairman Wheeler, Please vote to expand the Lifeline Program to include broadband connection and help mi ll ions of Americans by eraseing the digital divide that plauges so many of our citizens. As a citizen of New Orleans. I am very aware of the unfairness of the discrimination to those most in need of broadband connection to improve their life situations. Thank you for your attention to this serious problem. Priscilla Caputo
Chinyere Tutashinda
Thank you!
453. Robert Brown WA I am for cheap internet for all of us. 454. Amy White SC 455. Evelyn Verrill AZ
456 Dennis Ml · Feichtinger
457. Kyle de Ml Beausset
458. Va~ilei.os Gngonou
459. Lynn Colson WA 460. Alan Cuevas GA
461 Eleanor Ml ·Castle Win 462
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463 Linda ·Blackaby
CA
464. Donna Newton
CA
465 Mark · Erpelding
MN
466. Nathaniel Haack
WA
467. Steve Updike Ml
468. Michael Seager
OH
469. Eva Katherine 470. Ann White 471. Ann Karp MT
472. Quran Monroe
FL
473. d carr NH 4 7 4. john hetlage MO 475. A W NJ
476. Cheryl Margoles
MN
477. Connie Freeman
PA
478. Chris Worcester
CA
4 79. Suezee Xiong IA
480 Cheryl ·Dzubak NJ
481. Lynn Niizawa MA 482. Eric Koenig AZ 483. Judy Helfand CA
484. G.a il L1nnerson
MN
485. Roh it Tandon MN 486. Beatrice Sims CA
487. Ash-Lee Henderson
TN
488 Katherine ·Barnhart
NY
489. Dave Frank IA
490. Luci~ Martinez
DC
491. Carol Affleck WA 492. Paul Kivel 493. sharon powell MN
494. Jennifer CA Laster
495 Sourichanh CA · Chanthyasack
Default Comment
Expanding Lifeline to include internet is incredibly important for low-income people!
Thank you for meeting with our delegation on March first. Please expand the Life Line Program to include internet access. All the best. Connie Freeman
Some of my students at the Santa Rosa Junior College could really benefit from this.
496. Molly Franks KY Equal access for everyone. 497. Linda Katz TX
498. Dona.Id NY W1lts1e
499. Paolo Pagotto
500 Caitlyn CA ·Fennell
501. Sarah MA Macisaac
502. Darren Mitton GA 503. Heather Day WA
16 of 16 Name
504. Adrienne Lauby
Stat e
CA
505. Carol NM Larroque
506. Mansi Shah
Default Comment
As a disabled person, I have benefited from lifeline phone rates for most of my life. And, it has been a life line. Today, the internet is where survival information resides. It is crucia l that it be available to poor people. Thank you for considering this important issue.
Not only should Lifeline be "modernized" and provide at least 20 mbps, but the 507. Kim Clark eligibility guidelines should be expanded so that low income students (who require
internet to do their work) can access affordable, reliable, internet access.
508 Donald NY · Anthonyson
509. Gloria Great news for many people. Johnson
510. Cheryl Laos OR
511 Reyes NM ·Gallegos Cindy
512. Azucena MN Gomez-Schempp
513. Thom Nickels PA
514. ~~~:~~ianer CA Everyone deserves access to information and the right to a voice in ou r democracy.
515. William Molony
516. Vivian Tseng MA 517. Maxine Clark NY
518 Carolyn
. Riddle
519. Kathy Steel CA
520. Robin ID Lorentzen
521. Marc~ MN Shapiro Robert 522· Sheffield CA
523. Mis Frederick KY 52 4. Sona Shah TX
525. Spencer AZ Hunter
526. Janice Dlugosz
527. Barbara Goodman
528 Stannous
· Flouride 529. David Broida PA
530. F~licity CA Figueroa
531. Carta Davis CA
532. Danny Johnson
533. Dianne CA Monroe
To: CHAIRMAN TOM WHEELER & MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Please vote to expand the Lifeline Program to include affordable broadband services. Currently more than 100 million people live without equal access, and the expansion would deliver an affordable broadband choice to millions of lowincome Americans.
Affordable broadband is key to democracy in that it addresses deepening racial and economic disparities. Right now we are facing a 16 to 1 wealth gap between Black and White Americans and a Black unemployment rate that is twice as high as the rest of the country. Modernizing the Lifeline program and extending it to include broadband ensures that our communities can access jobs, education and other essential needs.
By including minimum service standards, an expanded and streamlined eligibi lity process, and no caps that limit participation in the program, we can get families not only connected, but thriving in our ever-expanding digital economy.
Signed by 13,602 people:
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Eden Connor 29306
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Ayoka Munoz 95835
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Monica Falkin 07045
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Richard Tonsing 95826-2130
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Pamela 38128 Thompson
William Horst- 14626-1922 Kotter
Debra Cosentino 33903-7209
Julie Taylor 98043-4438
Dean Huston 97448
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Catherine 15217 Raphael
Liz Gaspar 98584
Phyllis Brown 27617
Donald Lancaster 15701-3156
Joel Clasemann 55806-1216
Elizabeth Rivard 59601-1430
Ava St John 94005
Rory Bezecny 55110-5341
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Jan Lubin 96816
Kevin Kinzler 60062
Brandon Pritchard 02045
Eleanor Castle 49006-4175
susan carey 11357-3601
Adeyemo Sodipo 63131-2125
Gerald Kelly 90403-5611
Nancy Rupp 21060-6739
William Sharfman 10024-6555
Frank Marwood 92101-2107
Larry Hobson 96150
Karin Rautio 72630
Kia Darling- 94555-3036 Hammond
Lenore Chinn 94117-3250
Scott Golding 48108
Patty Bonney 97223-6828
Kristin Mclnaney 98115
Alice Grow 14850-6023
Leah Cooper 60618-1238
Edmund Cord 47401
Dianne Johnson 29204-2382
Peter Stepaniuk 60188-2301
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