By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 1-12-24
The Federal Communications Commission said it will run out of money to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the largest such broadband subisdy in U.S. history, by April of this year unless Congress acts. The program has provided billions of dollars in subsidies that go to Internet service providers for providing service to rural and other communities lacking sufficient high-speed broadband.
The Commission issued an order on Jan. 11 detailing how that broadband subsidy program would be wound down, a process that has begun given that Congress has so far failed to extend the program’s funding….
Currently, there is a bipartisan bill in Congress, the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act, that would extend the funding and save the program. » Read More