The Divide: Gigi Sohn on how the FCC could (still) save the ACP

In this episode of The Divide, broadband advocate Gigi Sohn returns to the podcast, on behalf of the Affordable Broadband Campaign (ABC), to discuss the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and how to get a version of the ACP back through Universal Service Fund (USF) reform. Specifically, we discuss a new petition, filed by the Affordable Broadband Campaign and WTA–Advocates for Rural Broadband, requesting that the Federal Communications Commission reconsider its forbearance decision in its Open Internet Order in order to potentially include broadband providers as contributors to the Universal Service Fund (USF). Doing so, according to petitioners, could help shore up funds to support an ACP-like benefit under USF, rather than relying on Congress for appropriations.