Benton Institute Updates Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollment Performance Tool

“Updated data!” is a phrase that fills the hearts of data nerds everywhere and we’re here to help with an update to our Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollment Performance Tool. The data for the first version of the ACP Tool was current through January 2023, but we’ve fielded questions recently asking about updates. We now release an updated ACP Enrollment Performance Tool with data that runs through April 2023. We also have some new features aimed at improving the tool’s usefulness to analysts who care about the Affordable Connectivity Program. And, drumroll please, we are pleased to announce that we are now sharing the ACP Tool’s data—for free. Anyone can download a .csv file that includes data for the more than 25,000 zip codes included in the tool. The file contains, for each of the 25,000+ zip codes, the data elements that appear when a user searches on a specific zip code. There is also a “state code” field for users interested in aggregating tool data at the state level. The goal of the ACP Enrollment Performance Tool is to give stakeholders a way to better understand how ACP enrollment is unfolding—in specific neighborhoods, towns, or states. Sharing the tool’s data will, we hope, make the tool more useful to stakeholders and policymakers.

On Wednesday, July 19, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Senior Fellow John Horrigan and Civic Nation's Elena Saltzman will participate in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollment Performance Tool updates and how to best focus ACP outreach and enrollment efforts in your community. Please submit your questions here and RSVP for the webinar here.