Finding low-cost internet is becoming increasingly more difficult with rising prices and decreased support for low-income families. The Affordable Connectivity Program was shuttered in June 2024, ...

Federal telecommunications assists millions of American households each year through the Lifeline internet and phone discount program, which offers much-needed connectivity support to families with ...

For the millions who cannot afford broadband — and go online at public places offering free Wi-Fi — the FCC’s decision to finally modernize its subsidy program Lifeline is a godsend. REUTERS/Ina ...

The FCC has voted in favor of expanding Lifeline, a phone subsidy program that has been around for the last thirty or so years. Under this expansion, low-income individuals and families will be able ...

The Federal Communications Commission took another step in its efforts to reform the Lifeline program that subsidizes broadband internet service for low-income Americans. Yesterday the FCC announced ...

As is commonplace these days in Trump’s America, another program that appears to help minorities and low-income Americans is under the threat of being dismantled. This time, according to the Pacific ...

The Federal Communications Commission will soon vote on a plan to give low-income Americans $9.25 a month to purchase home Internet service or cellular data. The plan would change the existing ...

The past month has taught us that the internet is the one indispensable tool Americans have amidst this crisis. Families are now depending on broadband internet connections for remote health ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. A report released Tuesday by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development described access to ...

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted 3 to 2 in favor of extending the U.S. government's Lifeline program to offer subsidies for broadband Internet, and not just basic phone service.

The government currently subsidizes phone service for low-income Americans, and now the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is proposing to extend that benefit to Internet service. There ...