The $3.2 billion temporary Emergency Broadband Benefit program opens for enrollment May 12, offering eligible households monthly financial assistance to get high-speed internet service, The Wall ...

Eligible households can receive a $50 monthly reduction on internet service bills, along with up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop or tablet.

A new COVID-19 relief initiative is kicking off. As of Wednesday, people can start applying for the emergency broadband benefit. The fund was created to help people afford home internet. If you ...

STAMFORD, Conn. — Charter Communications Inc. announced its participation in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, part of the company’s ...

The Federal Communications Commission chair today made a final plea to Congress, asking for money to continue a broadband-affordability program that gave out its last round of $30 discounts to people ...

The death of the US government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is starting to result in disconnection of Internet service for Americans with low incomes. On Friday, Charter Communications ...

A pandemic era program that provided low-cost internet to 23 million Americans, including nearly 4,000 in Loveland, has come to an end. Last month, the two-year-old Affordable Connectivity Plan (ACP) ...

The FCC expects 23 million-plus households to lose these subsidies by May unless Congress acts. A bipartisan group of legislators has proposed giving it another $7 billion in funding. The federal ...