fter the bipartisan passage of two acts to close the digital divide, 20 million Americans have better access to the internet, on which most commerce and...
Thanks to this work, today eligible households can get discounts of up to $30 a month for broadband service, and up to $75 a month if that household is on qualifying tribal lands. And eligible households can also receive up to $100 to offset the cost of a desktop computer, laptop or tablet.
Earlier this month, the Affordable Connectivity Program reached a tremendous milestone. More than 20 million U.S. households have now enrolled in this program. In Dallas, it’s over 100,000 households. That makes this the largest broadband affordability effort in our nation’s history.One lesson we’ve learned is that trusted voices are the lifeblood of successful outreach and enrollment for the Affordable Connectivity Program.
It’s not enough to make sure everyone who could benefit from the Affordable Connectivity Program takes advantage of this opportunity. We need to make sure the millions of participating households don’t have the rug pulled out from under them. While the funding that Congress provided for the Affordable Connectivity Program was unprecedented, it is not permanent.
Funding is set to run out next year. Without congressional action, millions of people could find themselves shut off from the broadband service they’ve come to rely on. The good news is there is bipartisan support for extending the Affordable Connectivity Program. This June, eight Republican senators wrote a letter calling for “sustainable funding” for the program. In the House, bipartisan lawmakers continue to urge congressional appropriators to support additional funding for the program.
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