According to the FCC, unless Congress adds funding for the program, it will end in May 2024.
assisted 23 million households with monthly discounts on internet plans. In November 2023 the FCC chairwoman testified before Congress, saying the funds for the program were set to run out by April 2024. ACP is winding down and is expected to run out of funds on June 1.The Federal Communications Commission stopped taking new applications and enrollments for the Affordable Connectivity Program in early February 2024.
The program allows qualifying low-income households to get $30 per month, and trial communities up to $75 per month for internet plans. ACP came out of the Emergency Broadband Benefit that offered financially struggling households money to keep internet access during the pandemic. ACP officially replaced the Emergency Broadband Benefit on Dec. 31, 2021. Internet providers have been providing notice to program participants about the wind-down process.
The FCC said ACP households are not required to stay with their internet company or keep their same internet plan after the program ends. The KHOU 11 Verify Team contacted the Houston area's biggest internet providers, who offered internet plans covered by ACP.
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