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Typically, you have to already be enrolled in government assistance programs or meet certain income requirements.
The ACP may be gone, but you still have options for low-cost internet service. Here are CNET's top picks for each state to ...
Congress must craft and pass legislation that both guarantees funding for the ACP and requires broadband providers to offer affordable and reliable internet access to low-income households.
“When you have low income and you are living on disability ... for two physical therapy appointments each week. And with an internet connection, Westman can access online medical records ...
While the organization continues to help people get internet access and the needed devices ... Connectivity Program (ACP), concentrating low-income areas of the county in its quest to achieve ...
In a stark announcement by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), it was revealed that the lifeline of internet access for millions of low-income Americans is on the verge of collapse due to ...
This month more than 23 million households will lose affordable internet access as part of a pandemic-era federal program that provided low-income households with a credit of between $30 and $75 ...
This week, the Senate voted to shutter a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that provides free internet for low-income children ... kids who lack internet access at home can get ...
giving low-income households fewer opportunities to break the cycle of poverty by making it more difficult to access education and higher-paying job opportunities. Accessibility to the internet is ...
This story is part of Crossing the Broadband Divide, CNET's coverage of how the country is working toward making broadband access ... low-income students online with a free 100GB of hotspot ...