Charter offers free internet for Affordable Connectivity Program participants

Charter Communications rolled out a new fixed internet plan which will effectively offer free service to customers who qualify for the Federal Communications Commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The move follows similar efforts from Verizon, Comcast and Mediacom to make fixed service available at no cost to ACP customers. But the catch is that most ACP subscribers are using the subsidy money for mobile broadband. The operator’s new Spectrum Internet 100 plan includes access to download speeds of up to 100 Mbps with no data caps as well as a modem, router and in-home Wi-Fi. It costs $29.99, a sum which is entirely offset by the $30 per month subsidy available to most ACP participants. While the ACP subsidy can be applied to any of Charter’s Spectrum Internet plans, users on this tier will be able to tap access that is essentially free.