The ACP ran out of funds, but some low-income internet options remain. On the other hand, some ISPs chose to include low-cost plans with slower speeds (think 50 megabits per second) for discounted ...

Nonprofit groups like Link Health worked in health centers to sign patients and community members up for discount internet through a national program that is set to run out of funds this spring.

There's been an ACP-sized hole in many Americans' budgets for the last half of 2024. The Affordable Connectivity Program ended in June, leaving more than 23 million homes in the US with internet bills ...

The US government says that next month it can only pay about half of what low-income Americans are eligible for under a popular federal benefits program that is running out of money — a crisis that ...

When the Affordable Connectivity Program ended last May, its users were faced with a painful choice: cancel their internet ...

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. But it officially ended in June after Congress decided not to renew its funding. Since the ACP lapsed, some Democratic and Republican ...

Thousands of people in Humboldt County who use a program that grants $30 for internet service and up to $75 for people on tribal lands will likely see it end soon. April is the last fully funded month ...

ALBANY — A plan to mandate special reduced broadband internet rates for low-income customers that hasn't yet been enforced may head to the U.S. Supreme Court as a consortium of internet providers and ...

Baltimore City plans to use $2 million in American Rescue Plan funding to expand internet access to 3,000 low-income households. The Connect Baltimore Broadband Grant Program will award a $2 million ...

For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands. It’s also how much she spent on her monthly internet bill before the federal Affordable Connectivity ...

The $14.2 billion program, which went into effect in December 2021, served roughly 23 million households, two-thirds of which had either inconsistent or zero internet access prior to enrolling, ...