Whenever Comcast raised my rates, I would call and ask for a lower price or lower tier. In recent years, they always tried to get me to sign up for this. One rep claimed that I qualified because a student (my elementary aged child) lives in the home. Another claimed that I qualified because my child receives free lunch at school (as do all students at California public schools). He said that it was common in his experience for people to sign up under such pretenses.
I don’t know to what extent this program is being abused, but it’s surely happening. The government is basically enabling the cable companies to keep upping their base price, knowing that any customer who is desperate enough for a discount will just find a way to qualify themselves for this program.
I think being able to have internet at home is important. But there should have been limits put in place to ensure that this program was only being used for its intended purpose. Some lobbyist got rich off this thing, for sure.
I don’t know to what extent this program is being abused, but it’s surely happening. The government is basically enabling the cable companies to keep upping their base price, knowing that any customer who is desperate enough for a discount will just find a way to qualify themselves for this program.
I think being able to have internet at home is important. But there should have been limits put in place to ensure that this program was only being used for its intended purpose. Some lobbyist got rich off this thing, for sure.