Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Passed December 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 directed the FCC to create a new "Emergency Broadband Benefit program" (EBB) with the aim to help Americans with broadband connectivity in response to the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic. $3.2 billion was appropriated for the EBB program. [9]
On December 31, 2021, the $14.2 billion Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) replaced the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP), which helped almost 9 million households afford internet ...
While more than 1,300 internet providers accept the $30 monthly ACP benefit, 20 companies are now offering a high-speed internet plan for $30 per month or less.
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.
Lifeline is the Federal Communications Commission's program, established in 1985, intended to make communications services more affordable for low-income consumers. . Lifeline provides subscribers a discount on monthly telephone service purchased from participating providers in the mark
Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan to improve Internet access in the United States. The FCC was directed to create the plan by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , and unveiled its plan on March 16, 2010.
The ACP was originally funded as the Emergency Broadband Benefit program, a pandemic-era internet subsidy that quickly gained support when reliable access became a necessity in a world dominated ...
Comcast High Speed Internet (also known as Xfinity) Consolidated Communications (including FairPoint Communications) Cogent Communications; Cox Communications; Frontier Communications; Lumen Technologies (also known as CenturyLink and Quantum Fiber) Mediacom; SpaceX (also known as Starlink) TDS Telecom; T-Mobile Home Internet (including T ...