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AT&T also offers the Access program, a low-cost internet service for lower-income households starting at $30 a month. While this is more expensive than other low-income programs on this list, you ...
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was a United States government-sponsored program that provided internet access to low-income households. [1] Several companies signed on to participate in the program, including Verizon Communications , Frontier Communications , T-Mobile , Spectrum , Cox , AT&T , Xfinity , Optimum and Comcast .
The FCC approved the $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit Program that provides a benefit of up to $50 a month for broadband service and up to $75 a month for Tribal area residents.
The program provides up to a $9.25 monthly discount on service for eligible subscribers and up to $34.25 per month for those on Tribal lands ($111 and $411 savings a year respectively).
In the modern sense of offering service to all people, the promotion of universal service in telecommunications was crystalized in the 1960s. Some sources point to the earlier Communications Act of 1934 as promoting universal service based on the language of its preamble, but other historians have pointed out that in the early 20th century "universal service" was originally an AT&T marketing ...
Under the 1996 Telecommunications Act, schools and libraries paid lower prices for telecommunications services, and Obama wanted the E-Rate program expanded to include Internet access. [41] White House aides made the claim that only one-fifth of American students could use high-speed Internet at school, but all South Korea students could. [42]
AT&T Internet provides internet access to computers connected on-premises via Ethernet cabling or Wi-Fi from the included residential gateway or DSL modem. AT&T Fiber, or as it is known AT&T Internet powered by Fiber, [2] provides fiber to the home (FTTH) service in select markets. Historically a form of AT&T Fiber Internet launched in the fall ...
The Affordable Connectivity Program was backed by $14.2 billion and helped millions of Americans with their broadband bill. Now, it's running out despite broad support.