Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. d/b/a Pine Belt Wireless offers
assistance to qualifying subscribers who receive income-based benefits.
Lifeline Assistance is currently available to any qualifying subscriber
participating in one of the following programs in
· Medicaid
· Food Stamps
· Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
· Federal Public Housing Assistance
· Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Pine Belt Wireless offers a monthly credit of $13.50 for Wireless service through the Lifeline Assistance program for qualified subscribers.
The Lifeline Assistance Program
Lifeline Assistance
provides reduced rates under federal and state universal service programs to
eligible customers for wireless service and installation.
Eligibility for Lifeline Service
Eligibility is determined
by participation in one of the following programs: (i) Medicaid, (ii) Food
Stamps, (iii) Supplemental Security Income (SSI), (iv) Federal Public Housing
Assistance, (v) Low- Income Home Energy Assistance. Only one federally
subsidized telephone is available per household, but customers may qualify for
additional eligibility. Additional lines are not subject to the discounted
Lifeline rates. Pine Belt Wireless must receive
satisfactory evidence of your participation in one of these programs.
Link-Up
Customers eligible
under the Lifeline Assistance program may also qualify for connection
assistance under the Link-Up program equal to half of the customary connection
charge or $30.00, whichever is less. Link-Up customers are eligible for a
credit for a portion of installation charges (if applicable) through the
federal Link-Up program as described above.
Availability
Lifeline Service
is available to new eligible customers as long as there is sufficient money in
the Federal Lifeline funds to cover the discounted rates. In the event that the
Federal Lifeline funds are not sufficient to cover new applicants in any given
year, Pine Belt Wireless will allocate any and all remaining surplus funds
until all qualified Customers are covered. Pine Belt Wireless may vary the
credit or the number of included minutes as required by changes in federal or
state universal service funding support.
Complete documentation pertaining to the Lifeline Assistance program, the Lifeline Basic Universal Service plan, terms and conditions of use, applicable fees and monthly charges, service availability, and equipment are available any of the Pine Belt Wireless locations in Arlington, Butler, Camden, Linden, Marion, or Selma.