The Emergency Broadband Benefit will end on March 1, 2022. But fear not because it will immediately be replaced by the Affordable Connectivity Program on that date.
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Huge discounts now available: Save $50 per month on broadband internet service
The government is now offering $50 per month discounts for anyone who qualifies (and you’d be surprised how easy it is to qualify). It’s called the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB).
Read the full article →FCC backtracks, attempts to kill its own Lifeline Broadband program
The FCC has thrown its own Lifeline Broadband program, subsidized internet to America’s neediest residents, into complete disarray.
Read the full article →Coming in November: Three leading cable companies combine for huge new low-cost Internet program
Great news for America’s neediest citizens because Charter has promised to introduce a brand new high-speed, low-income Internet plan within six months of that date, which means the new plan should launch by November 18, 2016.
Read the full article →Major announcement: FCC introduces Lifeline Broadband
The FCC expanded the Lifeline Assistance free government cell phone program and it now includes internet service. In fact, the FCC is changing the whole emphasis of the Lifeline program from free government cell phones to Lifeline Broadband.
Read the full article →Movement growing: School and community leaders nationwide want internet included in free government cell phone program
School and Community leaders are urging the FCC that the Lifeline Assistance program be amended create subsidies to help low-income Americans pay for high-speed broadband internet access in addition to the free government cell phone service.
Read the full article →Nothin’ times nothin’ is nothin’: Government wastes billions on broadband for America
We’ve praised government efforts to bring high-speed broadband to poor, rural Americans, but it looks like we may have been too quick with our praise. Turns out that even bureaucrats with the best of intentions can pound your money just as quickly as crooked bureaucrats.
Read the full article →Big news for America’s poor: AT&T to offer low-cost, high-speed internet starting at $5/month
AT&T will be required to offer high-speed internet service for perhaps as little as $5-10 per month to any consumer who qualifies for food stamps (also known as SNAP).
Read the full article →Is the FCC finally ready to announce its long-awaited Lifeline Broadband program?
It appears that the Federal Communications Commission is finally on the verge of overhauling the Lifeline Assistance program, and it is widely anticipated that one of the biggest changes will be to include Lifeline Broadband
Read the full article →Bad news for needy Americans: Comcast announces that its merger with Time Warner Cable is dead
If the Comcast / Time Warner merger would have been approved, Comcast would have likely extended their $9.95/ month low-income Internet Essentials program to Time Warner customers.
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