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| == History == | == History == |
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| In 2021, US Congress passed a $1 trillion infrastructure package including $14.2 billion for the Affordable Connectivity Program.<ref name=WCNC/> The program replaced the Emergency Broadband Benefit program, with $14 billion dedicated to the act.<ref name="FIERCE:Masha1:2023"/> The ACP replaced the EBB on December 31, 2021.<ref name="FORBES:Author1:2023">{{Citation |last=Simon |first=Shelby |year=April 20, 2023 |title=Emergency Broadband Benefit Program: Learn About Providers And Why It’s Now The ACP Program |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/internet/what-is-the-acp-program/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> | In 2021, the US Congress passed a [[Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act|$1.2 trillion infrastructure package]] including $14.2 billion for the Affordable Connectivity Program.<ref name=WCNC/> <ref>{{cite press release |author=Paloma Perez |title=FCC Launches Affordable Connectivity Program|url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-378908A1.pdf |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Office of Media Relations |agency=Federal Communications Commission|date=2021-12-31 |access-date=2024-04-29}} </ref><ref name="FORBES:Author1:2023">{{Citation |last=Simon |first=Shelby |year=April 20, 2023 |title=Emergency Broadband Benefit Program: Learn About Providers And Why It’s Now The ACP Program |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/internet/what-is-the-acp-program/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> The program replaced the Emergency Broadband Benefit program, with $14 billion dedicated to the act.<ref name="FIERCE:Masha1:2023"/> The ACP replaced the EBB on December 31, 2021.<ref name="FORBES:Author1:2023">{{Citation |last=Simon |first=Shelby |year=April 20, 2023 |title=Emergency Broadband Benefit Program: Learn About Providers And Why It’s Now The ACP Program |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/internet/what-is-the-acp-program/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> |
| When the act was remarked upon by US President Biden on May 9, 2022, close to 40% of American households qualified for assistance, i.e. households or individuals earned twice the poverty level or less.<ref name="WHITEHOUSE:Biden1:2022"/> There are higher limits in Hawaii and Alaska.<ref name="MILITARY:Absher:2022"/> According to NPR, an estimated 48 million Americans qualified, with the plans to provide at least 100 megabits per second of speed for a maximum of $30.<ref name="NPR:Archie1:2022"/> One person in the household must participate in government assistance programs, if the household is above 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.<ref name="NBC:Smith1:2023">{{Citation |last=Smith |first=Danielle |year=June 28, 2023 |title=Some San Diegans can get internet for less or free. Here's how |publisher=NBC San Diego |newspaper= |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/lo...-internet-for-less-or-free-heres-how/3254722/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> | When the act was remarked upon by US President Biden on May 9, 2022, close to 40% of American households qualified for assistance, i.e. households or individuals earned twice the poverty level or less.<ref name="WHITEHOUSE:Biden1:2022"/> There are higher limits in Hawaii and Alaska.<ref name="MILITARY:Absher:2022"/> According to NPR, an estimated 48 million Americans qualified, with the plans to provide at least 100 megabits per second of speed for a maximum of $30.<ref name="NPR:Archie1:2022"/> One person in the household must participate in government assistance programs, if the household is above 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.<ref name="NBC:Smith1:2023">{{Citation |last=Smith |first=Danielle |year=June 28, 2023 |title=Some San Diegans can get internet for less or free. Here's how |publisher=NBC San Diego |newspaper= |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/lo...-internet-for-less-or-free-heres-how/3254722/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> |
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| On February 27, 2023, the White House announced 16 million households were "saving $500 million per year" due to the program.<ref name="WHITEHOUSE:2023">{{Citation |last= |first= |year=February 27, 2023 |title=FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Progress in Lowering Internet Costs for Families, Funding to Expand High Speed Internet Access |publisher=The White House |newspaper= |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...funding-to-expand-high-speed-internet-access/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> By July 2023, there were 1,300 internet providers participating in the ACP, although not all provided the discounted device benefit.<ref name="PHILLY:Savage1:2023"/> In July 2023, a study showed about 14% of the United States was enrolled in the program.<ref name="THEHILL:Castillo1:2023">{{Citation |last=Castillo |first=Brenda |year=July 17, 2023 |title=Millions could lose internet access next year — we can’t let that happen |publisher= |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/technol...net-access-next-year-we-cant-let-that-happen/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> As of July 31, 2023, 19.8 million households had signed up for the ACP, with 2.8 million of them in rural counties.<ref name="FIERCE:Masha1:2023"/> | On February 27, 2023, the White House announced 16 million households were "saving $500 million per year" due to the program.<ref name="WHITEHOUSE:2023">{{Citation |last= |first= |year=February 27, 2023 |title=FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Progress in Lowering Internet Costs for Families, Funding to Expand High Speed Internet Access |publisher=The White House |newspaper= |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...funding-to-expand-high-speed-internet-access/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> By July 2023, there were 1,300 internet providers participating in the ACP, although not all provided the discounted device benefit.<ref name="PHILLY:Savage1:2023"/> In July 2023, a study showed about 14% of the United States was enrolled in the program.<ref name="THEHILL:Castillo1:2023">{{Citation |last=Castillo |first=Brenda |year=July 17, 2023 |title=Millions could lose internet access next year — we can’t let that happen |publisher= |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/technol...net-access-next-year-we-cant-let-that-happen/ |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> As of July 31, 2023, 19.8 million households had signed up for the ACP, with 2.8 million of them in rural counties.<ref name="FIERCE:Masha1:2023"/> |
| By August 2023, there were reports the program would run out of money by 2024.<ref name="FIERCE:Masha1:2023"/> By mid-2024, according to an analysis by 'The Hill', federal funds available to pay for the program will be depleted, although the federal government "may" continue funding.<ref name="PHILLY:Savage1:2023">{{Citation |last=Savage |first=Henry |year=July 10, 2023 |title=Get $30 off your internet and $100 toward a computer with the Affordable Connectivity Program |publisher= |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |url=https://www.inquirer.com/how-to-phi...discount-affordable-connectivity-program.html |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> On August 3, 2023, it was reported that the subsidy would increase to $75/hr month for people in 'high-cost' areas. Congress instructed the NTIA to identify high-cost areas and consult on the matter with the FCC.<ref name="FIERCE:Masha1:2023">{{Citation |last=Abarinova |first=Masha |year=August 3, 2023 |title=FCC ups Affordable Connectivity subsidy to $75/month for people in ‘high-cost’ areas |publisher=Fierce Telecom |newspaper= |url=https://www.fiercetelecom.com/broadband/fcc-ups-acp-subsidy-75month-people-high-cost-areas |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> | By August 2023, there were reports the program would run out of money by 2024.<ref name="FIERCE:Masha1:2023"/> By mid-2024, according to an analysis by ''The Hill'', federal funds available to pay for the program will be depleted, although the federal government "may" continue funding.<ref name="PHILLY:Savage1:2023">{{Citation |last=Savage |first=Henry |year=July 10, 2023 |title=Get $30 off your internet and $100 toward a computer with the Affordable Connectivity Program |publisher= |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |url=https://www.inquirer.com/how-to-phi...discount-affordable-connectivity-program.html |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> On August 3, 2023, it was reported that the subsidy would increase to $75/hr month for people in 'high-cost' areas. Congress instructed the NTIA to identify high-cost areas and consult on the matter with the FCC.<ref name="FIERCE:Masha1:2023">{{Citation |last=Abarinova |first=Masha |year=August 3, 2023 |title=FCC ups Affordable Connectivity subsidy to $75/month for people in ‘high-cost’ areas |publisher=Fierce Telecom |newspaper= |url=https://www.fiercetelecom.com/broadband/fcc-ups-acp-subsidy-75month-people-high-cost-areas |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> |
| === 2024 === | === 2024 === |
| As of January 2024 the future of the program remained in doubt,<ref name="NYT-20240323">{{cite news |last=Ngo |first=Madeline |title=Millions of Low-Income Families Set to Lose Internet Subsidies - The Affordable Connectivity Program, (ACP) a $14.2 billion federal effort to make internet service more affordable, is expected to run out of funding this spring. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/...ubsidies-affordable-connecticity-program.html |date=March 23, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/2024032309491...ubsidies-affordable-connecticity-program.html |archivedate=March 23, 2024 |accessdate=March 23, 2024 }}</ref> with [[New Street Research]] giving chances of the $7 billion extension bill being passed as "significantly below 50%". Provisions are in place for [[internet service provider]]s to apprise their customers of its status, with the last full month of discounted service currently being April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...acp-continue-what-are-the-chances/ar-BB1hcjKP |title=Affordable Connectivity Program ending: Can the ACP continue? What are the chances?}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6929?s=1&r=171|title=H.R.6929 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress}}</ref> | As of January 2024 the future of the program remained in doubt,<ref name="NYT-20240323">{{cite news |last=Ngo |first=Madeline |title=Millions of Low-Income Families Set to Lose Internet Subsidies - The Affordable Connectivity Program, (ACP) a $14.2 billion federal effort to make internet service more affordable, is expected to run out of funding this spring. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/...ubsidies-affordable-connecticity-program.html |date=March 23, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/2024032309491...ubsidies-affordable-connecticity-program.html |archivedate=March 23, 2024 |accessdate=March 23, 2024 }}</ref> with [[New Street Research]] giving chances of the $7 billion extension bill being passed as "significantly below 50%". Provisions are in place for [[internet service provider]]s to apprise their customers of its status, with the last full month of discounted service currently being April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...acp-continue-what-are-the-chances/ar-BB1hcjKP |title=Affordable Connectivity Program ending: Can the ACP continue? What are the chances?}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6929?s=1&r=171|title=H.R.6929 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress}}</ref> By that time, more than 23 million households had accessed the ACP. <ref name="April 2 2024 FCC release">{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=FCC Chairwoman Updates Congress on Impact of Imminent End of Affordable Connectivity Program Due to Lack of Additional Congressional Appropriations |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-401589A1.pdf |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Office of Media Relations |agency=Federal Communications Commission |date=2024-04-02 |access-date=2024-04-29}} </ref> |
| ==Qualifications== | ==Qualifications== |
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