FCC calls on Congress for funding to restart program that helped low-income households get high-speed internet service.
The nation's largest broadband affordability program is coming to an end due to a lack of congressional funding.The Federal Communications Commission is reluctantly marking the demise as of Saturday of the pandemic-induced effort that helped several million low-income Americans get and stay online. Initially established in December 2020, what became the Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP, enrolled more than 23 million subscribers — or one in six U.S.
'Each of the 23 million-plus ACP subscribers that no longer receives an ACP benefit represents an individual or family in need of just a little bit of help to have the connectivity we all need to participate in modern life,' stated Rosenworcel. 'And 68% of these households had inconsistent connectivity or zero connectivity before the ACP.
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