Bryan Koenig

Lifeline 'Flaw' Could Hurt Online Enrollment, FCC Told

The Federal Communications Commission needs to fix a “flaw” in the online enrollment system for the Lifeline subsidy program that could hurt rural and other customers signing up for discounted phone service offered to low-income consumers, Q Link Wireless LLC recently told senior agency staffers. Q Link executives, including President Paul Turner, met with FCC representatives on May 23 to argue for including “application programming interfaces” in the national Lifeline verifier.