CNBC reports on ACP (Affordable Connectivity Program)…
- Sixteen million U.S. households have been relying on federal broadband subsidies to keep internet access within their budgets.
- The current subsidy is expected to run out of funding next year, and unless it is renewed by Congress all of the enrolled households could lose affordable broadband.
- February marked the two-year anniversary of the debut of the Emergency Broadband Benefit, the first of the two pandemic-era broadband subsidies.