Lifeline

Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings.

Please complete this form and return to RCN. Requests may take up to 14 business days in order to be processed. The request will be denied if the required documentation does not accompany this form. Submitting false documentation or misrepresenting your identity may result in legal action in which case you may be penalized to the fullest extent of the law.

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Return form & documentation to:

Astound Broadband powered by RCN
Attn: Lifeline Applications
956 Massachusetts Ave
Arlington, MA 02476

Requirements

Lifeline applies to telephone service, only.
The name on the bill must match the name of the household member participating in the Lifeline program.
Lifeline must be renewed yearly; customers receive a reminder letter from RCN 30 days prior to the yearly renewal date.
Customers must follow the same criteria for filling out the Lifeline application each year.
Qualified candidates can only maintain one telephone line with a lifeline discount.

Lifeline

Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings.

Please complete this form and return to RCN. Requests may take up to 14 business days in order to be processed. The request will be denied if the required documentation does not accompany this form. Submitting false documentation or misrepresenting your identity may result in legal action in which case you may be penalized to the fullest extent of the law.

Download the form

Return form & documentation to:

Fax: 610-419-2471

Astound Broadband powered by RCN
Payment Center
Attn: Lifeline Applications
2124 Avenue C
Bethlehem, PA, 18017

Requirements

Lifeline applies to telephone service, only.
The name on the bill must match the name of the household member participating in the Lifeline program.
Lifeline must be renewed yearly; customers receive a reminder letter from RCN 30 days prior to the yearly renewal date.
Customers must follow the same criteria for filling out the Lifeline application each year.
Qualified candidates can only maintain one telephone line with a lifeline discount.

Lifeline

Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings.

Please complete this form and return to RCN. Requests may take up to 14 business days in order to be processed. The request will be denied if the required documentation does not accompany this form. Submitting false documentation or misrepresenting your identity may result in legal action in which case you may be penalized to the fullest extent of the law.

Download the form

Return form & documentation to:

NYlifeline@Astound.com

Requirements

Lifeline applies to telephone service, only.
The name on the bill must match the name of the household member participating in the Lifeline program.
Lifeline must be renewed yearly; customers receive a reminder letter from RCN 30 days prior to the yearly renewal date.
Customers must follow the same criteria for filling out the Lifeline application each year.
Qualified candidates can only maintain one telephone line with a lifeline discount.

RCNWaveGrandeenTouch provides discounted residential basic telephone service for qualifying low income customers, under the Lifeline Program:

Only eligible consumers may enroll in the Program
The Program is limited to one benefit per household, whether you have wireline or wireless service.
A household is defined as all persons living together at the same address and sharing income and expenses.
Lifeline Service cannot be transferred from one customer to another.
Lifeline is a government benefit program and consumers who willfully make false statements in order to obtain the benefit can be punished by fine or imprisonment or barred from the program.

Federal discount up to $5.25 applied to the Company’s interstate SLC, if any, and then any residual amounts would be applied to the monthly residential local exchange service rate, but not to exceed the monthly residential local exchange service rate, including the SLC.

State discount of $3.50 applied to the monthly residential local exchange service rate. In addition, as applicable, the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan ILEC area discount shall be applied. Total of state and federal discount shall not exceed the monthly residential local exchange rate.

For details, contact a RCNWaveGrandeenTouch Customer Service Representative or the Public Utility Commission of Texas at (888) 782-8477, or go to: http://www.puc.state.tx.us/consumer/lowincome/assistance.aspx for enrollment information.

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