Low-Cost Internet Options

LifeLine provides up to $9.25 per month to help with your internet bill. You must choose assistance for either phone or internet when you sign up — you can’t receive both. 

If you qualify (eligibility varies by state), check on the Universal Service Administration Website and choose an ISP in your area that participates in the Lifeline program to sign up.

To see which internet providers in your area participate in this program, click here.

Eligibility for low-cost internet varies by program and location, but many require proof of income and/or participation in government assistance programs.

You may qualify for Lifeline assistance if your income is 135% or less of the federal poverty guideline or if someone in your household participates in one of the following federal assistance programs:

• Federal Public Housing Assistance
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Medicaid
• Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit Program
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

You may also qualify if you, or someone in your household, participate in one of the following assistance programs:

• You reside on Tribal lands and you participate in any of the above federal assistance programs; or
• You, or someone in your household, participate in one of the following assistance programs:
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) General Assistance
  • Head Start (only households meeting the income qualifying standard)
  • Tribally-administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF)
  • Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

Many internet service providers that offer low cost internet packages will allow you to combine them with your Lifeline assistance. Check your provider’s terms and conditions to confirm it allows you to combine a discount package with Lifeline.