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 ...
The $30 per month Daisy Solis has saved off of her internet bill for the past two years stretched a long way. Those dollars covered new shoes for her three, growing children, dinners out at the ...
The 23 million American households receiving government financial assistance for their monthly internet bills could soon be on their own—and many may lose access to home internet—as an almost ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More than 23 million American households are at risk of losing internet service because the federal program which offers free or discounted access is running out of money. One ...
A program that helped close the digital divide in the U.S. has come to an end. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) expired Tuesday night. ACP was a federal benefit through the FCC aimed at lower ...
Texans are no stranger to the challenge of accessing not just reliable but affordable internet connectivity. In fact, according to the Benton Institute, as of June, Texas had 777,000 homes and ...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Adeyinka Ogunlegan, an advocate for the Affordable Connectivity Program, urges people impacted by the program's end in April to contact their local representatives to ...
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.
Too often Congress is addicted to the drama of the last-minute deal. No matter how easy the decision before them, our national legislators like to wait until it’s almost too late before they do their ...
My generation has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of the internet. From the world-renowned tech hub of Seattle to rural parts of the Olympic Peninsula, it’s become the connective tissue ...
The $30 per month that Daisy Solis has saved off her internet bill for the past two years stretched a long way. Those dollars covered new shoes for her three, growing children; dinners at the ...