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erehwontsol
Freshman
4 years ago

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
    4 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

maratsade's avatar
maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV

Are you still in Nevada, and do you have any other alternatives you could consider?

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erehwontsol
Freshman
4 years ago

If I had alternatives, do you think I'd be with HughesNet? haha. As soon as Starlink is shipping antennas you bet your bottom dollar I'm paying to sever with HughesNet, but until then I'm going to keep trying to bring attention to the fact that HughesNet lies to get out of every single pickle the get caught in.