The poorest U.S. cities saw substantial increases in the percentage of homes with broadband service between 2019 and 2021, according to a new report published by the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. The report attributes the increases to broadband…
The FCC has formally adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice to provide rules for the $14.2 billion Affordable Connectivity Program. The program provides eligible households with discounts of up to $30 a month for broadband service, and up…
A draft of permanent rules for the Affordable Connectivity Program is circulating within the FCC and has been made public. The news came just days after the commission launched the program with interim rules, and the draft of the permanent…
The FCC has launched the Affordable Connectivity Program, which will pay up to $30 toward the cost of monthly broadband service for low-income households ($75 for tribal recipients). The Affordable Connectivity Program has a budget of $14.2 billion and replaces…
The FCC is seeking input on how to implement the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the low-income broadband program that was created in the infrastructure bill that was signed into law last week. As Telecompetitor previously reported, the new program essentially…
Enrollment in the FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program has now hit 6 million, up from somewhat more than 5 million only four weeks ago. The EBB program gives discounts of $50 (and up to $75 on Tribal lands) to qualifying…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and utility regulators are highlighting the Lifeline and Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) telecom programs for low-income consumers as part of Lifeline Awareness Week, which runs through Friday. Part of the reason the regulators may be…
The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program has reached a 5 million-household enrollment level, all of whom signed up since the program’s inception in mid-May, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced last week. The program covers some of the costs of monthly…
The Affordable Connectivity Fund proposed in the Senate infrastructure bill would likely see wider enrollment in comparison with the Emergency Broadband Benefit program, according to a report from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that passed the Senate…
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program enrollment now exceeds 4 million households, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today. One million of those households signed up in the first week after the $3.2 billion subsidy program began in May. People are interested…
The FCC will begin accepting applications from schools and libraries for $7.2 billion in funding through the Emergency Connectivity Fund program tomorrow. On a briefing call with reporters today, senior FCC officials answered questions about the program voted into law…
More than 2.3 million households have enrolled in the FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, Jessica Rosenworcel, FCC acting chairwoman, announced today. More than 800 telecom providers are participating in the program that allows households in all 50 states, Washington, D.C.,…
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