Name: Jeremiah Becker: We have a couple dozen Lifeline customers in Cordova. They pay $1 a month, and sometimes they can't even make that payment. So adding a $2 surcharge to Lifeline customers would triple their costs. So we highly recommend excluding Lifeline customers.
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Description: We have a couple dozen Lifeline customers in Cordova. They pay $1 a month, and sometimes they can't even make that payment. So adding a $2 surcharge to Lifeline customers would triple their costs. So we highly recommend excluding Lifeline customers.

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Jeremiah Becker

66:35 - 66:54

“We have a couple dozen Lifeline customers in Cordova. They pay $1 a month, and sometimes they can't even make that payment. So adding a $2 surcharge to Lifeline customers would triple their costs. So we highly recommend excluding Lifeline customers.”

Speaker: Jeremiah Becker
Timestamp: 66:35 – 66:54
Transcript: Cordova: October 21 Council work session, public hearing, and regular meeting
Community: Alaska News
Location: Cordova
Captured at: October 21, 2026

From the transcript

Um, and then the impact could be different to different groups. We have a couple dozen Lifeline customers in Cordova. They pay $1 a month, and sometimes they can't even make that payment. So adding a $2 surcharge to Lifeline customers would triple their costs. So we highly recommend excluding Lifeline customers.

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