Does your cable company participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program?

As 2021 turned into 2022, the Federal Communications Commission transformed the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program into the Affordable Connectivity Program. Congress created the Affordable Connectivity Program through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and provided the FCC $14.2 billion to subsidize broadband service for low-income households. Broadband providers will receive up to $30/month (or up to $75/month if the household is on Tribal Land) for providing service to low-income households. But since participation in the new program is voluntary, will broadband providers show up to offer service? This is the first in a series of articles looking at which providers are opting into the Affordable Connectivity Program.

[Grace Tepper is a Writing Associate and Kevin Taglang is Executive Editor at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society.]