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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Tuesday it would extend federal Lifeline subsidies to help cover Internet service costs, it again had to decide what Internet speed should be ...

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 ...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai recently announced a couple of changes to the Lifeline program, which supplies phone and broadband services to people without the income to pay for ...

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 ...