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 ...

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 ...

This past winter, one of us, Alister, was speaking with the daughter of an elderly patient at a community health center in Boston. Her mother had recently been admitted to a local hospital for ...

Today marks the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program, a landmark piece of US government legislation that aimed to make it easier for people to afford an internet connection in their homes. The ...

In 2020, when the pandemic had us confined to our homes, access to high-speed internet became a critical tool for all Americans. Whether needing reliable connectivity for school, health care, banking, ...

A program that helped close the digital divide in the U.S. has come to an end. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) expired Tuesday night. ACP was a federal benefit through the FCC aimed at lower ...

*Moolah Wireless is giving away $1 million worth of computer tablets and services to eligible customers in underserved communities across the country in partnership with a new federal program, the ...

States worry that an executive order and federal funding cuts could weaken their cybersecurity efforts. Credit: Yehyun Kim / ctmirror.org This story is part of CT Mirror Explains, an ongoing effort to ...

Congress’ budget bickering is about to claim another casualty: a widely praised program that helps low-income families afford broadband internet service. The federal government’s Affordable ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Affordable Connectivity Program, which subsidizes internet access for low-income households, is set to run ...

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 ...

Albemarle County has launched a program that will make it easier for lower-income households to get access to broadband. The Affordable Connectivity Program Bridge Program is a joint effort of the ...