The FCC has released data indicating that 77% of Affordable Connectivity Program participants may need to change plans or lose internet access. The ACP Extension Act is proposed to prevent this. The program has aided low-income households in Nevada since 2021, offering access to telehealth and job boards. Congressional inaction threatens the program. If the ACP subsidies expire, internet providers may compete on cost and quality. Some suggest reforming the ACP before extending it, while others argue for letting the program end to restore price signals in the market. The FCC announces that April marks the end of Affordable Connectivity Program payments.
FCC: April is last month for Affordable Connectivity Program payments https://t.co/z10XfHTord
Reform the Affordable Connectivity Program before extending it | Randolph May, President of @FSFthinktank https://t.co/6EPtwSnUAu https://t.co/6EPtwSnUAu
By doing nothing and allowing the Affordable Connectivity Program to end, Congress can restore price signals to the internet market. | @DominicJPino https://t.co/euojE0RSCC
Communications Daily reporting that when the Affordable Connectivity Program (#ACP) subsidies expire internet service providers will compete on cost and quality to attract consumers. Iβm shocked. https://t.co/21PTj0W6RQ
Since 2021, the Affordable Connectivity Program has helped low-income households in Nevada stay online, enabling access to telehealth, job boards and more. But the subsidy is imperiled by a familiar obstacle: congressional inaction. @birenbomb reports: https://t.co/Y1xhicjDdE
The @FCC has released new data showing that 77% of folks enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program could be forced to change their plan or drop internet service altogether if they lose access. Congress must pass our bipartisan ACP Extension Act to avoid that catastrophe.