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 ...

A bipartisan bill to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) with $7 billion was introduced on Wednesday. The legislation, introduced by three Democrats and three Republicans, aims to extend ...

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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 ...

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 ...

This month, the FCC released its latest version of the national broadband map, this time showing that the number of unserved homes and businesses has dropped from 8.3 million locations to roughly 7.2 ...

Every week, Cynthia George connects with her granddaughter and great-grandson on video calls. The 71-year-old retiree reads the news on her MSN homepage and googles how to fight the bugs coming from ...

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 subscribers will lose the subsidy as early as April, but there are other low-income internet options to explore. US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on the Biden administration’s ...

The Affordable Connectivity Program, which helped low-income Americans get online, is no more. On Friday, the US government announced the final closure of the broadly popular federal program, which ...