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.