A program intended to help low-income Americans connect to the internet is likely to disappear at the end of this month, and its supporters in Congress have limited options to keep it afloat. Although ...

This month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began formally winding down the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), thus ending a subsidy program that supported 23 million households in ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Governor Roy Cooper recently highlighted North Carolina and the 1.1 million people here lacking access to broadband internet. He spoke at the 2024 Semafor World Economy Summit, ...

Over the past decade, the New York and Federal governments have spent more than $1 billion in an attempt to close the state’s digital divide. But the goal of universal connectivity has proved elusive.

The start of what could be the final month of a popular federal internet subsidy has set off a scramble as legislators weigh a possible extension amid warnings of dire consequences should the program ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has announced that the agency officially ended the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) on June 1, 2024 after ...

For many communities, the Affordable Connectivity Program has been a lifeline. Across America, the program has helped over 23 million people afford the cost of the internet, gain access to the digital ...

John Belden, sitting, and Bruce Stern add two new fiber cables for a business client in Trumbull. The installation will provide the company with more data capacity, which can make the Internet faster.

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More than a dozen internet service providers are now offering affordable internet plans to millions of low-income Americans as they lose access to a federal subsidy. Through the end of 2024, 14 ...

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The Affordable Connectivity Program, which offered up to $30 a month towards broadband service for low-income and other eligible households, ran out of funds early this summer. Barbara Caporale in the ...