Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Help is now available for families struggling to pay for a decent internet connection during the COVID-19 pandemic, when ...

On February 25, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) unanimously adopted a Report and Order (EBB Order) that established the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Several North Carolina members of Congress held an emergency meeting online Thursday to discuss broadband and a new program that will help low-income families access it.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a report and order establishing the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB), a $3.2 billion program to help low-income families stay ...

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Lumos, a premier provider of fiber-to-the-premises internet for residences and businesses, will participate in the recently announced Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to help low-income households ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWWL) – Discounted internet service for low-income households will continue, but the monthly subsidy will be reduced from $50 to $30 in 2022. The Federal Emergency Broadband (EBB) ...

On Thursday, November 18, 2021, just days after President Biden signed the bi-partisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (aka “Infrastructure Act”) into law, the Federal Communications Commission ...

More than a million American households enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in the first week following its launch, the federal body ...

Verizon and other Internet service providers are preventing some low-income customers from getting new $50-per-month government subsidies unless they switch to different plans that are sometimes more ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Several North Carolina members of Congress held an emergency meeting online Thursday to discuss broadband and a new program that will help low-income families access it.