Does your telephone company participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program?

This is the second in a series of articles looking at which providers are opting to offer services supported by the Affordable Connectivity Program. According to the Leichtman Research Group, just 16 broadband companies provide service to about 96 percent of all wireline broadband subscribers in the US. Wireline telephone companies trail cable operators in subscribers, but still many areas of the country. The largest telephone companies, AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink, Frontier, Windstream/Kinetic, TDS Telecom, Cincinnati Bell, and Consolidated Communications, are all participating in the Affordable Connectivity Program. When comparing telephone companies to cable providers participating in the Affordable Connectivity Program, cable companies come out on top. Cable companies overall are being more transparent about their participation.

[Also see Does your cable company participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program?]