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2. Affordable Connectivity Program - Wikipedia

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   The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was a United States government-sponsored program that provided internet access to low-income households. [1] Several companies signed on to participate in the program, including Verizon Communications , Frontier Communications , T-Mobile , Spectrum , Cox , AT&T , Xfinity , Optimum and Comcast .

3. How to Transition to the Affordable Connectivity Program and ...

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   On December 31, 2021, the $14.2 billion Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) replaced the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP), which helped almost 9 million households afford internet ...

4. How to Get Cheap or Free Internet with the Affordable ... - AOL

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   There are two main ways to qualify for the Affordable Connectivity Program: Your household income, which must be at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. Enrollment in certain government ...

5. Low-cost internet for seniors and retirees: How to stay ... - AOL

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   No. Effective June 1, 2024, the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a federal program that helped lower-income households afford internet, is currently paused due to a lack of funding from ...

6. Universal Service Fund - Wikipedia

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   In the modern sense of offering service to all people, the promotion of universal service in telecommunications was crystalized in the 1960s. Some sources point to the earlier Communications Act of 1934 as promoting universal service based on the language of its preamble, but other historians have pointed out that in the early 20th century "universal service" was originally an AT&T marketing ...

7. FCC ends affordable internet program due to lack of funds

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   The 2.5-year-old ACP provided eligible low-income Americans with a monthly credit off their internet bills, worth up to $30 per month and as much as $75 per month for households on tribal lands.

8. Internet in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) is a new component of the Rural Health Care Program. The HCF will provide a 65 percent discount on eligible expenses related to broadband Internet connectivity to both individual rural health care providers (HCPs) and consortia, which can include non-rural HCPs (if the consortium has a majority of rural sites).

9. Broadband industry quietly abandons Capitol Hill fight to ...

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   The $14.2 billion program provided a discount of up to $30 per month for some qualifying households and up to $75 a month for households on eligible tribal land. But it officially ended in June ...