One Year Without the Affordable Connectivity Program Without the broadband subsidy, families are facing harsh tradeoffs to stay connected.

“Lawmakers must refund the ACP to ensure all American households have affordable access to essential communications.” buff.ly/xBjAkMa #SaveACP

The ACP 'Saved My Life': Real People Share the Real Cost of Losing Affordable Internet One year after the defunding of the ACP, I talked to people affected by the loss of Affordable Connectivity Program and how its disappearance has forced them to make heartbreaking trade-offs just to…

"The ACP program really saved my life."

Powerful new reporting from @cnet.com‬ on the human cost of the end of the Affordable Connectivity program. Congress must #SaveACP:

House Panel Rejects Amendment to Revive the ACP Subcommittee Chairman Rich Hudson, R-N.C., said the ACP was intended to be temporary and was plagued by waste and abuse.

Thanks to @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social for her unflagging efforts to #SaveACP — and shame on those who voted to use funds from auctioning spectrum to fund Trump tax cuts instead of affordable broadband for all.

Threats to Digital Equity Act Programs Will Leave Veterans Disconnected Who gets left unconnected if Digital Equity Act program don't continue?

"In 2024, as the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program sunset due to a lack of funding from Congress, over 1 million Veterans lost the $30 subsidy for broadband service." Important reading from our friends at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. #SaveACP

The ACP Boosted Rural Adoption and Helped Keep the Subscription Vulnerable Online The Affordable Connectivity Program supported broadband adoption

The Affordable Connectivity Program boosted rural broadband & saved 15 million subscription-vulnerable homes in 2023, per the Benton Institute's latest report. It's not just about access—it's about staying connected. It's time for Congress to #SaveACP!

I was glad to see that @cantwell.senate.gov put the Affordable Connectivity Program on the top of her list of questions for @NTIA nominee Ariel Roth yesterday. #SaveACP

ACP More than Paid for Itself: Study A revived ACP would save billions in healthcare costs, improve academic performance, and raise wages.

"The continuation of the [Affordable Connectivity Program' is not just a fiscal necessity to save taxpayer dollars but a strategic investment in America’s economic competitiveness." #SaveACP

Now that Congress’ Affordable Connectivity Program has lapsed, low-income people must rely on the USF-funded Lifeline program. And the best way to #SaveACP is likely through the USF.

New Brattle Study Finds the Affordable Connectivity Program Pays for Itself - Brattle In a new report released today, experts from The Brattle Group provide an economic analysis of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) – which offered

A new @BrattleGroup study shows that reinstating the Affordable Connectivity Program could create $2.1–$4.3B in annual wage gains & boost female labor force participation. Investing in connectivity is investing in economic growth! Learn more: buff.ly/3QuwK4a

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Congress, Don't Drop Affordable Broadband The Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act was introduced one year ago today

We agree with our friends at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: "In 2024, hundreds of lawmakers supported the ACP, and the vast majority of them remain in Congress. In 2025, we hope they remember why the ACP earned their support..." #SaveACP

The End of the Affordable Connectivity Program: How Communities Are Coping and What Comes Next - National Digital Inclusion Alliance The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was a crucial resource that made the internet more affordable for the 23 million households previously enrolled.

Important reading from our friends at the National Digital Inclusion Alliance on how communities are coping with the loss of the Affordable Connectivity Program: https://buff.ly/41ady2f #SaveACP

The Future of the ACP Under the Trump Administration Expanding broadband access through the Affordable Connectivity Program is not a partisan issue.

We couldn't agree more: "Funding broadband access is not a partisan issue. It's a no-brainer." https://buff.ly/49eJV1F #SaveACP

Press Struggles To Explain How The GOP Killed A Popular Broadband Discount Program, Driving Millions Of Poor Americans Off The Internet The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, provided 23+ million low-income households a $30 broadband discount every month. But the roughly 60 …

Press Struggles To Explain How The GOP Killed A Popular Broadband Discount Program, Driving Millions Of Poor Americans Off The Internet | Techdirt

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#SaveACP #RenewACP #GOPKilledACP

Court Supports NY State’s Quest To Require $15 Broadband For Poor People, Much To Big Telecom’s Horror When the Trump administration killed net neutrality, telecom industry giants convinced them to push their luck and declared that not only would federal regulators no longer try to meaningfully over…

Court Supports NY State’s Quest To Require $15 Broadband For Poor People, Much To Big Telecom’s Horror | Techdirt

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#RenewACP #SaveACP

Millions of Americans Might Lose Internet Access Today. Here’s What You Need to Know The Affordable Connectivity Program—a federal benefit that provides discounts on high-speed internet access to low-income Americans—ends on April 30. Here's what happens next.

The Affordable Connectivity Program Ends Today. Millions of Americans Might Lose Internet Access | WIRED

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#SaveACP #RenewACP

There’s One Last Shot To Save A Low Income Broadband Program Republicans Are Trying To Kill The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, provided 23+ million low-income households a $30 broadband discount every month. But the roughly 60 million Am…

There’s One Last Shot To Save A Low Income Broadband Program (ACP) Republicans Are Trying To Kill | Techdirt

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#SaveACP

The GOP Is Blocking A Last Ditch Effort To Bring Cheap Broadband To Poor Americans

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> The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) currently provides 23+ million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount every month

#RenewACP #SaveACP

Telecoms To Get $45 Billion In Taxpayer Broadband Subsidies, But Are Whining Because They Might Have To Deliver Affordable Broadband To A Few Poor People The 2021 infrastructure bill is throwing more than $42 billion at America’s mediocre broadband networks. And while a lot of that money will be put to good use shoring up fiber, a lot of it is…

Telecoms To Get $45 Billion In Taxpayer Broadband Subsidies, But Are Whining Because They Might Have To Deliver Affordable Broadband To A Few Poor People | Techdirt

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#RenewACP #SaveACP

Internet price hikes for low-income Americans could begin in May as federal funds run dry, FCC says | CNN Business The US government says that next month it can only pay about half of what low-income Americans are eligible for under a popular federal benefits program that is running out of money — a crisis that th...

Internet price hikes for low-income Americans could begin in May as federal funds run dry, FCC says | CNN Business

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#RenewACP #SaveACP

Biden Mostly Ignored The Internet In His State Of The Union, But He Still Has Some Terrible Ideas About It In His Agenda Every year, the President lays out the administration’s major agenda in the State of the Union address. For those of us who cover tech policy, there’s always some fear that something dumb will be s…

Biden Mostly Ignored The Internet In His State Of The Union, But He Still Has Some Terrible Ideas About It In His Agenda | Techdirt

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#SaveACP #NetNeautrality #SaveSection230

Republicans Kill Popular FCC Program That Made Broadband Affordable For The Poor The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23+ million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount every month. While it didn’t get …

Republicans Kill Popular FCC Program That Made Broadband Affordable For The Poor | Techdirt

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#SaveACP #VoteProgressive

Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor Last month we noted how a program aimed at helping low income Americans afford broadband was at risk of being dismantled thanks to congressional incompetence and corruption. The FCC program, dubbed…

Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor | Techdirt
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