Does your wireless company participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program?

 This is the third in a series of articles looking at which providers are opting to offer services supported by the Affordable Connectivity Program. Here, Benton looks at the offerings of the largest wireless companies in the United States. According to wireless trade association CTIA, all three national providers and numerous regional providers support the Affordable Connectivity program—representing approximately 95% of existing wireless subscriptions and covering more than 99% of all Americans. The vast majority of wireless broadband consumers—over 350 million—subscribe to either Verizon, T-Mobile or AT&T. All US wireless providers with over 5 million subscribers, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T (as well as their prepaid services and subsidiaries), Dish Wireless's Boost, and US Cellular are all participating in the Affordable Connectivity Program. We also included nonprofit PCs for People, whose services center on getting low-cost computers and affordable broadband internet into the homes of low-income individuals. When comparing wireless companies to telephone and cable providers in the program, cable is overall more cost-effective and transparent about their participation.

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