The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a federal benefit designed to make sure people can get and stay online. Roughly 40% of American households qualify for ACP, which means there’s a good ...

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Phyllis Jackson, a retired administrative assistant in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, was one of 23 million Americans enrolled in the ACP. "The ACP program really saved my life," said Dorothy Burrell, a ...

When the Affordable Connectivity Program ended last May, its users were faced with a painful choice: cancel their internet service entirely or find $30 elsewhere in their monthly budget. In a new ...

Too often Congress is addicted to the drama of the last-minute deal. No matter how easy the decision before them, our national legislators like to wait until it’s almost too late before they do their ...

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Republican members of Congress blasted a program that gives $30 monthly broadband discounts to people with low incomes, accusing the Federal Communications Commission of being “wasteful.” The ...

ACP is set to run out of funds on May 31. There are several attempts to extend the program’s funding. Unfortunately, politics are mostly in the way, making it very unlikely any bill will save it in ...

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One year after the defunding of the ACP, I talked to people affected by the loss of Affordable Connectivity Program and how its disappearance has forced them to make heartbreaking trade-offs just to ...