Starting today, eligible US residents can apply for help with their internet bills under the new Affordable Connectivity Program. The program launched today with $14.2 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in November.
Households can apply to take up to $30 a month off their internet service bill. For households on qualifying Tribal lands, the discount is up to $75 per month. The program could help to connect millions of people to the internet who haven’t had access to it at home, especially in communities that have historically faced more barriers to getting online.
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To even apply for the Affordable Connectivity Program, someone has to be able to get online. They’ll need to visit ACPBenefit.org to apply or print out a mail-in application.
Folks eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program can also qualify for a one-time $100 discount for a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer from participating providers (including T-Mobil, AT&T, and Verizon).
a one-time $100 discount for a laptop
Government programs are just special offers now :capitalist-laugh:
Biden's 2024 campaign promises will include a free penny saver coupon book for every household below the poverty line.
To even apply for the Affordable Connectivity Program, someone has to be able to get online.
Is this a bit?
I mean if the person has no internet, they can look to community social services to help them apply. This is actually pretty decent move by the State, we don't have anything like this in Canada and our internet is way overpriced.
I used to live in a town whose municipal power company/ISP was burying the power lines and installing fiber internet to the home for everyone.
I live in a bigger city now, with shitty internet and power lines that get knocked down whenever a strong windstorm comes through, which is happening more often now. And I pay more for both my power and internet. It's great, thanks USA.
huh...
Spiffy, thanks for sharing!
The website says that I'm poor enough to qualify. Next step, seeing what hoops my current ISP wants me to jump through to actually get them to knock my bargain basement internet service bill down by 30$.
People are being exposed to misinformation online, and it costs to damn much. We want brain-worms spreading faster than Omicron, damnit!
Bout to say what happened to the billions we sent for nationwide broadband years ago?
I know. Let's give massive subsidies to the ISPs whose obstruction and malfeasance is the reason we have such shitty internet in the first place!
