Verizon Seeks Limited Tracfone ACP Waiver
Verizon subsidiary Tracfone's ability to offer the FCC affordable connectivity program monthly discount for all services "is a particularly heavy lift," the carrier said as it sought a 60-day waiver of the program requirement. Tracfone's systems "are not designed to…
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apply a discount ... and then assess the remaining post-discount amount to the customer," Verizon said , in a petition posted Tuesday in docket 21-450. The provider "does not have that capability because it historically has not offered discounts." Tracfone would need "several weeks" to test those systems. Verizon noted Tracfone "has enrolled over 270,000 new ACP-eligible consumers" so far.