Federal telecommunications assists millions of American households each year through the Lifeline internet and phone discount program, which offers much-needed connectivity support to families with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Martin/CNET Finding low-cost internet is becoming increasingly more difficult with rising prices and decreased support for ...

The Lifeline assistance program began its life back in 1985 as a way to bring affordable phone service into more American homes. Today the program still can be applied to home phones but the birth of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The cost to stay connected seems to be out of reach for many Americans, but a program is working to ensure all Kansans have access to cell phones. Nearly 23,000 Kansans are ...

Healthcare benefit services provider Medagate announced a partnership this week with ReadyWireless to offer free mobile phones to Medicaid members on its OTCMedicaid card platform. Medagate offers ...

Julie Maestas didn’t know what she was going to do. Maestas, 48, lives at Camp Resolution in North Sacramento and has a Lifeline phone, which are typically free or low-cost from the government. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A program designed to provide phones to people who are homeless or can't afford them is coming to Ashland. Knicks not content with ...

The Justice Department has issued a new legal ruling concluding that the Lifeline program to provide phones for the indigent -- which gained fame as "Obama phones" -- is subject to normal welfare ...