Connecticut Residents Bracing for Loss of ACP Subsidiary

The clock is ticking on a federal internet subsidy that affects about 5,000 East Hartford (CT) households. The Affordable Connectivity Program provides $30-a-month subsidies to low-income households and requires internet providers to offer packages as low as $30 a month to those households to make it more affordable to needy families. But unless the federal government acts soon, the program could go away by the end of April. Representative John Larson (D-CT) visited Raymond Public Library on March 14 to let its staff and members of the town's Coalition for Digital Equity know that he and others in Washington are working to make sure the program gets funding for this year and expand it into more homes in the future. According to the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, the program currently serves 23.2 million households in the US.