In order to increase the availability of telecommunications services
to all consumers in its serving area, Geetingsville Telephone Co., Inc.
offers these two low income assistance programs: Lifeline Assistance
and Link-Up Assistance. Any subscriber who meets the low income
eligibility criteria established by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
(IURC) and lives within the Geetingsville Telephone Company’s service area
is eligible for participation in one or both of these programs. In
order to meet the low income eligibility criteria established by
the IURC, a customer must be a participant in one of the following programs:
Medicaid, food stamps, Supplementary Social Security Income (SSI), federal
public housing assistance or Section 8 (a Federal Housing Assistance program
administered by the Department of Urban Development) or Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), National School Lunch Program (NSL),
Temporary Assistance of Needy Families (TANF). For information on
service assistance eligibility, and application procedures, please contact
our office, 258-3111.