The $3.2 billion temporary Emergency Broadband Benefit program opens for enrollment May 12, offering eligible households monthly financial assistance to get high-speed internet service, The Wall ...

If you need proof of the importance of staying digitally connected in the 21st century, there’s this: More than 5 million U.S. households have enrolled in the federal government’s Emergency Broadband ...

Sources: USAC ACP Enrollment and Claims Tracker; household counts and 200% poverty estimates from the 2017-2022 American Community Survey; state-level ACP participation factors from Galperin (2021).

Groups and lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle are working to save a popular broadband affordability program before it runs out of funding. The Affordable Connectivity Program, launched ...

A new COVID-19 relief initiative is kicking off. As of Wednesday, people can start applying for the emergency broadband benefit. The fund was created to help people afford home internet. If you ...

A pandemic era program that provided low-cost internet to 23 million Americans, including nearly 4,000 in Loveland, has come to an end. Last month, the two-year-old Affordable Connectivity Plan (ACP) ...

In less than two months, if Congress does not act, tens of millions of people could find themselves unable to stay connected to high-speed internet. But because Congress is dragging its feet and a ...

Feb. 25—A massive federal program meant to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the country is falling behind schedule, state broadband officials and experts say, even as Trump ...

(The Center Square) – At least $200 million is available for broadband infrastructure prioritizing connectivity for flood emergency warning systems, acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock said The ...