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The bill provides funding for broadband grant and loan programs: [119] $4.7 billion to create the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the Department of Commerce to bring broadband to unserved and under-served areas and to facilitate broadband use and adoption.
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In 2008, the FCC approved a broadband mapping plan which would examine availability by speed and "provide a more granular look at where broadband is available," according to a report in The Washington Post. [1] The Broadband Data Improvement Act was introduced by Senator Daniel Inouye in 2007 and became law on October 10, 2008. [3]
[23] [24] The number of subsidy recipients was down to 12 million households by 2015. [24] This is the proposed cost and data plan for the Lifeline program reform. In June, 2015, the FCC announced steps to modernize and reform Lifeline for broadband. [25] Public comments were sought, with a deadline of August 31, 2015.
In 2021, the US Congress passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package including $14.2 billion for the Affordable Connectivity Program. [7] [10] [11] The program replaced the Emergency Broadband Benefit program, with $14 billion dedicated to the act. [12] The ACP replaced the EBB on December 31, 2021. [11]
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Altice USA (also known as Optimum); AT&T Internet; Charter Communications (also known as Spectrum); Comcast High Speed Internet (also known as Xfinity); Consolidated Communications (including FairPoint Communications)
An FCC survey, "Broadband Adoption and Use in America," gave the average price of broadband access as $41/month, and said 36 percent those non-users surveyed said the service was too expensive. 12 percent lacked skills, 10 percent worried about "safety and privacy", and 19 percent were just not interested.