It's not only Qlink, StraightTalk and TracFone that's been violating the Affordable Connectivity Program's rules and getting fined for it
I'm thinking it's the fault of all these program violators that the government is shutting down the program altogether
I think ALL these consumers should be mad at these companies!?!
Affordable Connectivity Program phone and Internet
https://www.google.com/search?q=affordable+connectivity+program+phone+and+internet
The Affordable Connectivity Program, enacted under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as the largest internet affordability program in our nation's history, is already helping 23 million households save $30-75 each per month on their monthly internet bills.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/build/resources/affordable-connectivity-program-enrollment-fact-sheets
Affordable Connectivity Program
The wind-down procedures and guidance for the Affordable Connectivity Program were effective beginning January 11, 2024
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/05/2024-02093/affordable-connectivity-program#:~:text=DATES%3A,duration%20of%20the%20enrollment%20freeze.
Affordable Connectivity Program Complaints
If your complaint is about an Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) billing or service issue, the FCC may serve your complaint on your provider. Your provider has 30 days to send you a response to your complaint.
https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us
Court Approves $40 million Settlement Reached by Hattis Law in TracFone Class Action
https://www.hattislaw.com/cases/successes/court-approves-40-million-settlement-reached-by-hattis-law-in-tracfone-class-action/
FCC Watchdog: Providers Don’t Follow ACP Subsidy Rules; One Provider Paid Back $50M
Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers
In my search for info on QLink I found something VERY interesting about Qlink's owner under
Contact your legislator NOW!
Call 202-224-3121 for the U.S. House switchboard operator
I tried to post the information about the Affordable Connectivity Program winding down on Instagram and they wouldn't allow it. They said it was SPAM
My disabled mom HAD Qlink for a bit. They tried to send her a Tablet. She told them she didn't need it. They kept sending emails to her about her "Free Tablet." They sent it to her anyway. It sits on her filing cabinet unopened
Just 6 weeks ago they tried to get her to buy an EXPENSIVE phone. She ignored them. They kept sending emails
In the last month they kept trying to get her to pay for phone service so she could, "Keep the same Unlimited phone and text service," ("$20.75 per month") because the Affordable Connectivity Program is winding down. She no longer has QLink. She doesn't trust them after all I found out about them and others
EVERY senior community needs an inoperable car with working radio in their parking lot. That way the senior can sit in it rocking out for the memories. For some that might be the only joy they have in life, especially if their families have taken them to senior communities or nursing homes and rarely, if ever, visit.
We think ALL HUD housing needs Solar. Just think of all the money they'd save the government!
Susan Auslander, age 89, Spearheaded a Solar-Energy Drive in Connecticut and it worked!
An octogenarian Hunter College alumna has spearheaded a successful drive to install solar panels throughout her Connecticut retirement community — and she’s just getting started.
(This was not for low income housing, but it could be.)
CLICK HERE TO READ WHAT SHE DID
Her Retirement Home Said ‘No’ to Solar Panels. She Got It to Buy 1,344.
Things my mom did when she lived in MN before she came back home to Colorado (Click news article name to read more.)
Got a bus stop at the library
Helped turn ALL HUD housing into non-smoking
(Just think of how much it would save our government to add solar to HUD/low income housing!)
This is how mom got the funds to finance some of her dental work 8 years ago
(THE LINKS THEY TALK ABOUT FOR MOM ARE NO LONGER VALID - THIS WAS FILMED 8 YEARS AGO)
This is mom's interview on a National podcast. She was also interviewed by NBC National News about the harassment and stalking she's endured in 1994. It's off-and-on to this day, December 13, 2023.
https://www.fcc.gov/general/lifeline-program-low-income-consumers
Video from Pubity at https://www.tiktok.com/@pubity
In what seemed like a futile fight with her retirement community’s management, Susan Auslander, just shy of 90, found an opening.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT WHAT Susan Auslander did
and
Marshall woman petitions to have bus stop at library
Another game-changer in the works to eliminate smoking
and
HUD SECRETARY CASTRO ANNOUNCES PUBLIC HOUSING TO BE SMOKE-FREE
New rule protects health and safety of residents, saves PHAs millions of dollars in preventable damage
Nov 30, 2016
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HUD's national smoke-free policy will save public housing agencies $153 million every year in repairs and preventable fires, including $94 million in secondhand smoke-related health care, $43 million in renovation of smoking-permitted units, and $16
https://archives.hud.gov/news/2016/pr16-184.cfm#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Centers%20for,smoking%2Dpermitted%20units%2C%20and%20%2416
How To Use The Internet To Pay For Your Dental Bills
