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Sonora, CA–The Federal Communications Commission will soon be adopting 988 as the new three-digit number that will be used nationwide to reach the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis lifeline starting July 16th, 2022. Currently, customers must continue to dial 1-800-273-TALK to reach the Mental Health Crisis Lifeline until that date.
District 5 supervisor Jaron Brandon has been aware of this change and explains how this will impact how locals will make phone calls. He states “What they are planning to do is put an overlay, meaning you will have to dial +1 as if you were dialing from another country to be able to reach it. A new number might be 209 532 etc but now it will need to be 1-209 even if you’re local”
30 April 2021, 11:04 am
FCC (Federal Communications Commission) now offers a $50 monthly subsidy. The independent U.S. agency confirmed that its new financial support program is specifically created to help various households pay their WiFi bills.
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In this photo illustration a woman uses a credit card to buy something online on August 11, 2014 in Bristol, United Kingdom. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the first online sale. Since that sale - a copy of an album by the artist Sting - online retailing has grown to such an extent that it is now claimed that 95 percent of the UK population has shopped online and close to one in four deciding to shop online each week.
By Dave Basner
Apr 30, 2021
When it comes to helping Americans in need, there has been so much talk about stimulus checks that people have totally missed the other types of financial aid that are available. One of them is called the Emergency Broadband Benefit and because of the act, millions of Americans can receive a monthly subsidy to help pay for their Internet.
The program passed in December as part of the relief package that included the second stimulus check. It gives the Federal Communications Commission a $3.2 billion fund to distribute to Americans with low incomes and those who lost income during the pandemic. Eligible recipients will get $50 monthly internet subsidies. This week, the FCC explained how they can sign up for them.
By Dave Basner
Apr 30, 2021
When it comes to helping Americans in need, there has been so much talk about stimulus checks that people have totally missed the other types of financial aid that are available. One of them is called the Emergency Broadband Benefit and because of the act, millions of Americans can receive a monthly subsidy to help pay for their Internet.
The program passed in December as part of the relief package that included the second stimulus check. It gives the Federal Communications Commission a $3.2 billion fund to distribute to Americans with low incomes and those who lost income during the pandemic. Eligible recipients will get $50 monthly internet subsidies. This week, the FCC explained how they can sign up for them.
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All telephone users in the 219 and 574 area codes of northern Indiana are encouraged to start using 10-digit dialing instead of seven digit to make local phone calls this month.
NITCO customers can start using 10-digit dialing immediately, since all other carriers are now ready to convert to 10 digit dialing. The full transition will be mandatory by Oct. 24 of this year.
The Federal Communications Commission is requiring this change to accommodate the implementing of the national â988â National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which will be fully applied by July 16, 2022.
Residential and business customers in the 219 and 574 area codes should be aware of the following: