I think it's the same as here, a government sponsored/subsidized access to
Internet. I didn't know they had subsidized give-away phones to pester people
with.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/sorry-poor-people-the-fcc-is-coming-after-your-broadband-plans/
"70% of low-income wireless subscribers in Lifeline could have to find new
ISPs."
"...scale back the federal Lifeline program that lets poor people use a $9.25
monthly household subsidy to buy Internet or phone service. The FCC proposed
a new spending cap that potentially prevents people who qualify for the
subsidies from actually receiving them. The FCC is also taking steps to
prevent resellers—telecom providers that don't operate their own network
infrastructure—from offering Lifeline-subsidized plans."
