{"id":61668,"date":"2018-12-20T14:19:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=61668"},"modified":"2022-02-10T17:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T22:56:32","slug":"grange-pens-letter-to-fcc-in-defense-of-lifeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-pens-letter-to-fcc-in-defense-of-lifeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Grange pens letter to FCC in defense of Lifeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-61666\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/write-letter-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/write-letter-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/write-letter.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The National Grange, the nation\u2019s oldest rural advocacy organization, has filed many times at the Federal Communications Commission (\u201cFCC\u201d) to express support for the Lifeline program and its mission to make essential communications services affordable, especially for those living in rural communities. Today we are writing to support the filings in the above referenced docket from stakeholders about how critically important affordable broadband Internet service is to rural veterans.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, approximately 1.3 million veterans (12 percent of all Lifeline beneficiaries) participate in the Lifeline program. As noted in the filing from NTCA\u2013The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA), veterans overwhelmingly come from, and return to, rural America, with approximately 24 percent of the Nation&#8217;s veterans living in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Lifeline-Grange-letter-to-FCC-Commisioners-Final-12-19-18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL LETTER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Grange, the nation\u2019s oldest rural advocacy organization, has filed many times at the Federal Communications Commission (\u201cFCC\u201d) to express support for the Lifeline program and its mission to make essential communications services affordable, especially for those living in rural communities. Today we are writing to support the filings in the above referenced docket &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-pens-letter-to-fcc-in-defense-of-lifeline\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grange pens letter to FCC in defense of Lifeline&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-grange-news","category-statements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grange pens letter to FCC in defense of Lifeline - The National Grange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-pens-letter-to-fcc-in-defense-of-lifeline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grange pens letter to FCC in defense of Lifeline - The National Grange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Grange, the nation\u2019s oldest rural advocacy organization, has filed many times at the Federal Communications Commission (\u201cFCC\u201d) to express support for the Lifeline program and its mission to make essential communications services affordable, especially for those living in rural communities. 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