Education Leaders Push for Changes to Keep Americans Connected Pledge

So far, 723 telecommunications companies large and small have signed the Federal Communications Commission's "Keep Americans Connected" pledge. But according to a growing movement, many of those same companies — and especially the largest ones — need to "remove fine print from the internet pledge." A petition which currently has 13,112 signatures is asking FCC Chairman Ajit Pai "to urge all internet providers to provide free internet to ALL low-income families, even if they have prior debts or have applied for service previously." Chiefs for Change, a nonprofit network of state and district education leaders, sent a letter to Chairman Pai, encouraging him to request an addition to the pledge: to "waive policies that require people to pay off any outstanding balance in order to restore their internet service."