If you need proof of the importance of staying digitally connected in the 21st century, there’s this: More than 5 million U.S. households have enrolled in the federal government’s Emergency Broadband ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ore 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, ...

Sources: USAC ACP Enrollment and Claims Tracker; household counts and 200% poverty estimates from the 2017-2022 American Community Survey; state-level ACP participation factors from Galperin (2021).