Jeremiah Becker
66:37 - 67:03
“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
- 66:37 – 67:03
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
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. Um, we also want you to keep in mind that modern families might have lots of phones.
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