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erehwontsol
Freshman
5 years ago
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Lifeline - Emergency Broadband Benefit - when will HughesNet be ready?

In the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Congress appropriated $3.2 billion to the F.C.C to help low-income households pay for broadband service and connected internet devices. The Emergency ...
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  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    5 years ago

    Good morning erehwontsol,

     

    Thanks for posting, you're already on the right track with keeping an eye on https://www.hughes.com/EBB

     

    Hughes has applied to participate in the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program, and we are waiting for approvals by the USAC (the Universal Service Administrative Company). That's all the latest we have so far, we're waiting ourselves.

     

    -Liz

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erehwontsol
Freshman
5 years ago
Hughes has applied to participate in the F.C.C’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program, and we are waiting for approvals by the USAC (the Universal Service Administrative Company). That's all the latest we have so far, we're waiting ourselves.

You believe that? When I just told you a tiny ISP in a town of 2000 people has been participating for two weeks? You believe that HughesNet, a very large provider, is still waiting? It took me two days to get approved. I'm not naive enough to believe that.

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
5 years ago
erehwontsol wrote:
Hughes has applied to participate in the F.C.C’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program, and we are waiting for approvals by the USAC (the Universal Service Administrative Company). That's all the latest we have so far, we're waiting ourselves.

You believe that? When I just told you a tiny ISP in a town of 2000 people has been participating for two weeks? You believe that HughesNet, a very large provider, is still waiting? It took me two days to get approved. I'm not naive enough to believe that.

 

Lucky for you, you're not obligated to believe it.