Affordable Connectivity Program Expiring: What This Means For Millions Of Americans’ Internet Access
A $7 billion plan to extend the internet subsidy program through the end of the year has been proposed in the House and the Senate.
Opinion
An Internet Connectivity Lifeline for Millions Is About to Go Dark
The Affordable Connectivity Program provided up to $30 monthly subsidies on internet bills for low-income families, and as much as $75 in monthly discounts for eligible households on tribal lands. Without additional funding,
The Affordable Connectivity Program Has a Lifeline in the Senate
There’s a new plan to revive the Affordable Connectivity Program, a pandemic-era initiative that provides low-income households in the US with discounts on high-speed internet access.
Affordable Connectivity Program: Exploring New Bills That Could Reinstate It
Affordable Connectivity Program: A poll by Public Opinion Strategies and RG Strategies found that 78% of people, including 64% of Republicans, 70% of independents, and 95% of Democrats, want the ACP to be extended.
N.C. Reps, Superintendents Rally to Save Affordable Connectivity Program
If passed, the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 would appropriate $7 billion for fiscal year 2024 to save pandemic-era funds that helped families connect to the Internet.
Affordable internet could end for millions of Americans this May
Roughly 23 million Americans benefit from the Affordable Connectivity Program but with funding exhausted and lacking an extension the ACP is winding down.
The Connecticut Mirror1d
Nearly 200K CT households at risk of losing internet subsidies as federal program winds down
That has prompted concerns among advocates and low-income households enrolled in the program, including the nearly 200,000 ...
MARCA on MSN8d
What new bills could reinstate the Affordable Connectivity Program? This is what you must know
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) has garnered widespread support and is a lifeline for many low-income households in the US. With the aim of helping families afford home internet, the ...
WSLS 103d
Parts of the Affordable Connectivity program expired, leaving thousands of Virginians with higher internet bills
Broadband internet is a need all across rural America, and with parts of the Affordable Connectivity program now ...
The Fayetteville Observer on MSN1d
An internet discount program is ending. Can you still get cheaper internet in Fayetteville?
Internet service providers notified recipients of the Affordable Connectivity Program that their internet bills would ...
WHTM Harrisburg on MSN1d
Bill would create affordable internet for low-income Pennsylvania families
The affordable connectivity program is over, it originally gave low-income families a $30 stipend for internet access but not ...
RealClearMarkets1d
Making a Case For a Broadband Program That Helps
The school choice revolution sweeping America is proof that voucher programs work. Congress should take note of this when ...
Arizona Capitol Times4d
For Arizonans, the need to pass extension of broadband affordability program is urgent
Internet connection is critical in an increasingly digital society. If Congress fails to act, families and children will be left behind—and in the dark.
High speed internet can be expensive. Do towns in Western Massachusetts hold the secret to sustainable, affordable connectivity?
With larger providers having little economic incentive to upgrade internet infrastructure, some Western Massachusetts towns ...