Senator Tester smartly asks Winfree how to get the benefits of competition in areas that are uneconomic for even one provider to serve. Shockingly... Winfree thinks it's okay to give money for deployment to rural ISPs, but not to people to use on their services. #DontDisconnectUs
Another strawman from Winfree. The FCC's study doesn't claim 3/4 of ACP recipients would lose service w/o the subsidy, but that losing ACP "would disrupt their service by making them change their plan or drop internet service entirely." So you downgrading doesn't concern the GOP. #DontDisconnectUs
Winfree's written testimony cites the FCC as the source for his rural claims, and yet here's what the FCC factsheet he cites says. "Rural households are enrolling at a higher rate than their urban peers." #DontDisconnectUS
Sen. Moore Capito continues the WV Senator tradition on this committee, started by Sen. Manchin, of deciding who and who doesn't need broadband subsidies in her state based on what she's hearing from a few people back home. You really couldn't be more innumerate and anecdotal. #DontDisconnectUs
We can debate the marginal benefits people get from paying a higher price for faster broadband speeds. But is Ted Cruz really going to pretend #lifeline plans - possibly at 3G speeds, with a few GB of data per month - are the same as a 5G plan or a wired service at home?? #DontDisconnectUs #ACP
Winfree's testimony is misleading at best. ACP is not "one size fits all." It's up to $30 per month, it's not a flat rate. Does Ted Cruz want to tell ISPs they can't charge as much for their lower-priced services -- engaging in the same kind of rate regulation that he decries? #DontDisconnectUs
Before he snuck away, Cruz also complained that demand subsidies actually drive up prices because companies will want the whole subsidy. True enough on corporate incentives, but is Cruz really suggesting that #Lifeline level broadband speeds and data suffice in 2024? #DontDisconnectUs
Not content to slander common sense broadband rules supported by 3/4 of voters, Senator Cruz slimes #ACP before leaving the room -- prior to hearing any witness testimony. He calls higher speed plans "premium broadband," and says poor people don't need faster internet service. #DontDisconnectUS
Only an out of touch Washington bureaucrat like ivory tower Ted Cruz would sit on a dais like this and lecture American businesses that they should be spending more every year, whether they need to or not. What business runs like that? No successful one. #SenateCommerce #DontDisconnectUs #TitleII
⏰ Time is running out! 1 in 6 U.S. households could lose access to the Internet in just TWO WEEKS. Call or send a message to your representatives NOW to say #DontDisconnectUS www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/tell...
It is #DontDisconnectUs Day. If you want Congress to re-fund the Internet subsidy program #ACP, here is how to tell them. www.dontdisconnectus.org
Graphic that shows an image of an older white man in a military uniform, with a text overlay of a pop-up as if the image were a computer screen that reads, "No Internet Connection: Please check your internet connection and try again". The popup has two buttons to be clicked on, one that says "Save the ACP" and the other which reads Don't Disconnect US dot org. At the bottom of the image is a text overlay that reads, 960,000 veterans will lose their broadband subsidy if Congress doesn't act.
⏳The countdown starts now. Join us on #DontDisconnectUS Day by calling your representative and urging them to fund the ACP before $$ runs out this April. Take action today at dontdisconnectUS.org.
