Digital Divide Elimination Fund Program is created as a special fund in the State Treasury to foster elimination of the Digital Divide. All monies in the Fund will be collected by the Company and reported to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, who will issue grants to the various communities based upon their needs.
Rules:
Customers wishing to participate in the funding of the Program may do so by electing to contribute, on a monthly basis, a fixed amount to be included on the customer’s monthly bill.
This contribution shall not reduce the customer’s total amount due for telecommunications services or other charges appearing on the bill. This contribution will be a line item on the bill and identified as the Digital Divide Fund.
Customers may elect to contribute, $.50, $1, $2, $5, $10, $15 or $25 per month per line.
Customers may elect to discontinue or change the amount of the monthly contribution on their bill at any time upon providing at least 30 days notice by telephone or mail to the Company.
Failure by the customer in any month to remit the entire billed amount may reduce the contribution accordingly.
For more information about the fund, please visit http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/dceo/Print/default.htm?uid={89B7074A-AF17-4B9E-A69C-F643ECB2801C}.