The ACP ran out of funds, but some low-income internet options remain. On the other hand, some ISPs chose to include low-cost plans with slower speeds (think 50 megabits per second) for discounted ...
Nonprofit groups like Link Health worked in health centers to sign patients and community members up for discount internet through a national program that is set to run out of funds this spring.
For Ellimae Kalinoski and her family, the internet is a lifeline. She and her husband, who cannot work because of long COVID, get discounted web access through the Affordable Connectivity Program, ...
The US government says that next month it can only pay about half of what low-income Americans are eligible for under a popular federal benefits program that is running out of money — a crisis that ...
Since the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program, millions of homes have been grappling with higher internet costs. These plans and subsidies can help.
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Last year, Americans were made a $65-billion promise — one of the largest public investments in connectivity since the Interstate Highway System in 1956. With roughly $45 billion from the 2021 ...
Growing out of an effort by the Waukegan Community Broadband Task Force to get as much of the community as possible online, ConnectWaukegan is now ConnectLakeCounty and expanding its mission to ...
Programs to bring internet access to low-income Philadelphians have reduced the digital divide in the city, but the organizations behind them plan to partner with community groups to shrink it further ...
For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands. It’s also how much she spent on her monthly internet bill before the federal Affordable Connectivity ...