JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Several North Carolina members of Congress held an emergency meeting online Thursday to discuss broadband and a new program that will help low-income families access it.

On Thursday, November 18, 2021, just days after President Biden signed the bi-partisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (aka “Infrastructure Act”) into law, the Federal Communications Commission ...

More than a million American households enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in the first week following its launch, the federal body ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWWL) – Discounted internet service for low-income households will continue, but the monthly subsidy will be reduced from $50 to $30 in 2022. The Federal Emergency Broadband (EBB) ...

Mere days after the infrastructure bill became effective, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a rulemaking proceeding to create rules for the new $14.2 billion Affordable Connectivity ...

Verizon and other Internet service providers are preventing some low-income customers from getting new $50-per-month government subsidies unless they switch to different plans that are sometimes more ...

If you’ve been struggling to afford decent access to broadband, help is available through a federal program called the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). It provides discounts on internet service ...

Verizon is defending its practice of forcing customers to switch plans to get a government-funded $50-per-month discount, telling the Federal Communications Commission that this is not the same thing ...