FCC Announces Additional Program Integrity Measures to Protect Consumer Choice in the Affordable Connectivity Program and Lifeline Program

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau announced that it is implementing additional measures to strengthen program integrity surrounding the enrollment of households in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) who also qualify for the Lifeline benefit. Consumer choice and consent are fundamental principles for both the Affordable Connectivity Program and the Lifeline program. No provider should undermine those principles or take advantage of consumers. Consistent with the FCC’s rules governing the Affordable Connectivity Program, the measures the Bureau announced strengthen program integrity and protect the ability of qualifying households to enroll in both the Affordable Connectivity Program and the FCC’s longstanding Lifeline program, and to apply their ACP benefit to their Lifeline service or a different service.