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Archive Home > 2012 > August > 02 > Federal funding for phone subsidy cut

Federal funding for phone subsidy cut

By Rachael Rees / The Bulletin
August 2, 2012

As of Wednesday, about 60,000 low-income Oregon residents had their telephone-service subsidy reduced by 75 cents a month, the Oregon Public Utility Commission announced.

The reduction comes from the federal portion of funding for the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program, or Lifeline, which helps....

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