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Lifeline Customer Recertification in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable
NARUC Staff Subcommittee on TelecommunicationsSummer Meeting - July 21, 2013
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Summary of Recertification in MA• 331,120 MA Lifeline subscribers contacted/reviewed for recertification
• 109,380 subscribers, or 33% of all those contacted/reviewed, were de-enrolled
*Source (throughout): FCC Form 555 (2013)
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Summary of Recertification in MA• 331,120 MA Lifeline subscribers contacted or reviewed for re-
certification
• 109,380 subscribers, or 33% of all those contacted or reviewed, were de-enrolled
• The average de-enrollment rate for wireless ETCs (29%) was lower than the de-enrollment rate for wireline ETCs (53%)
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Summary of Recertification in MA• 331,120 MA Lifeline subscribers contacted or reviewed for re-
certification
• 109,380 subscribers, or 33% of all those contacted or reviewed, were de-enrolled
• The average de-enrollment rate for wireless ETCs (29%) was lower than the de-enrollment rate for wireline ETCs (53%)
• 92% of de-enrollments were due to subscribers’ failures to respond to ETCs’ direct contact to recertify
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Non-responding subscribers
Subscribers responding
that they are no longer eligible
Subscribers de-enrolled as a
result of a finding of ineligibility
through accessing a database
Granby 49 0 0
Verizon 29,085 0 0
Richmond 0 0 0
Virgin Mobile 48,760 424 0
Tracfone 22,439 0 8,623
Total (% of de-enrolled subscribers)
100,333 (91.7%)
424 (0.4%) 8,623 (7.9%)
De-enrollment by Type
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Summary of Recertification in MA• 331,120 MA Lifeline subscribers contacted or reviewed for re-certification
• 109,380 subscribers, or 33% of all those contacted or reviewed, were de-enrolled
• The average de-enrollment rate for wireless ETCs (29%) was lower than the de-enrollment rate for wireline ETCs (53%)
• 92% of de-enrollments were due to subscribers’ failures to respond to ETCs’ direct contact to recertify
• 99.7% of subscribers reviewed by accessing an eligibility database were de-enrolled as ineligible
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Options?
• The Lifeline Reform Order authorized states to “supplement the federal re-certification methodology with their own procedures specifically tailored to state-specific program requirements.” (¶ 140)
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Options?(for discussion purposes only)
• Mandate that USAC perform recertification for ETCs
• Require ETCs to check duplicates and/or eligibility database as part of recertification
• Require subscribers to prove with documentation that they are still eligible
• Require multiple contacts, or certain types of contacts
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DTC Lifeline Investigation
• The DTC sought comment on:– whether the recertification steps outlined in the
Lifeline Reform Order are sufficient to encourage response from subscribers and prevent de-enrollment of otherwise eligible Lifeline subscribers
– whether ETCs should take more action to retain eligible Lifeline subscribers during the recertification process
• Docket D.T.C. 13-4 • mass.gov/dtc
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Thank you.