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The Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP, provides monthly discounts of $30 to $75 to help low-income households pay for home internet.
The ACP helps millions of low-income Americans by shaving $30 off the monthly bill. The program is now about to run out of funding for good.
Jul. 19—Through the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), those who struggle to afford access to broadband can apply for discounts on monthly services and a one-time device purchase. A discount ...
Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is dwindling, leaving New Yorkers wondering how they'll be able to afford broadband internet for their homes. The program, which helped ensure ...
The program officially ends on June 1, said the Federal Communications Commission, which administered the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to approximately 1 in 5 households across the ...
"The ACP program really saved my life," said Dorothy Burrell, a 55-year-old from Kansas City. Burrell was one of the 23 million Americans enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program, a ...
The ACP program provides subsidies to a small portion of most cable companies' broadband customers. Current funding is about to expire. But a bipartisan group of Senators revived hopes for the ...
ACP officially replaced the Emergency Broadband Benefit on Dec. 31, 2021. Internet providers have been providing notice to program participants about the wind-down process.
The Affordable Connectivity Act provided $14.2 billion to help low-income Americans pay for internet service. Congress should extend the federal program.
One year after the defunding of the ACP, I talked to people affected by the loss of Affordable Connectivity Program and how its disappearance has forced them to make heartbreaking trade-offs just ...