Name: Island Telephone Company announces Lifeline service for economically disadvantaged customers, 1990
Start: 1990-12-01
End: 1990-12-01
Location: Beaver Island

Island Telephone Company announces Lifeline service for economically disadvantaged customers, 1990

Also Island Telephone Lifeline Service December 1990

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TypeEvent

Date1990-12-01

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1990-12-01
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationpublic-servicecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Island Telephone Company announced Lifeline Service beginning December 1, 1990, for qualifying residential customers. The program offered a $4 monthly bill reduction and reduced new-service hookup charges.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1990, "Lifeline Service for the Economically Disadvantaged."
Explains eligibility at 130% of the federal poverty level, a $4 monthly discount, and half-price new-service hookup charges up to $30. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1990, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held eighteen-page November issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Island Telephone Company announces Lifeline service for economically disadvantaged customers, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-lifeline-service-1990/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1990, "Lifeline Service for the Economically Disadvantaged." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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